Drug Pot

ca. 1540 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drug bottle, tin-glazed earthenware. 'DIA. P,MIs: S' painted around body,

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Drug pot, tin-glazed earthenware, made in Central Italy, about 1540
Physical description
Drug bottle, tin-glazed earthenware. 'DIA. P,MIs: S' painted around body,
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.5cm
  • Diameter: 12.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'DIA. P,MIs: S' (Latin. Painted around body)
Translation
Electuary of plums
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Drug bottle
Made in Central Italy, Italy About 1540
DIA. P,MIs: S
Tin-glazed earthenware

1127-1904 Henry Wallis Collection
Object history
Purchase: Henry Wallis Collection.
Purchase price note: 1116 to 1151-1904 purchased for £700.
Production
J Mallet
See Rackam's notes, 1960: perhaps Tuscan
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
811 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
1127-1904

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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