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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Drug Jar

ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase (drug jar), cylindrical with ribbed slightly concave panels. Tin-glazed earthenware and hand-painted with bell-shaped flowers in blue on leafy stems between the ribs. Round the shoulder and base are bands of ornament.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, hand-painted in colours
Brief description
Drug jar of tin-glazed earthenware, made by Ulisse Cantagalli, Florence, ca. 1890
Physical description
Vase (drug jar), cylindrical with ribbed slightly concave panels. Tin-glazed earthenware and hand-painted with bell-shaped flowers in blue on leafy stems between the ribs. Round the shoulder and base are bands of ornament.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.3cm
  • Diameter: 20cm
Marks and inscriptions
A cockerel (Painted in purple)
Object history
Historical significance: In 1878 Ulisse Cantagalli inherited a factory in Florence and began to trade as Manifattura Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli. His main production was of copies of Italian maiolica, but also of other European and Middle Eastern ceramics.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
1591-1900

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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