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Drug Jar

1450-1470 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drug jar with one small loop handle.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Drug jar with small loop handle, probably Florentine, Italy, 1450-70, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Drug jar with one small loop handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.5cm
  • Diameter: 13cm
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Drug jar
Made in Probably Florentine, Italy 1450-70
Tin-glazed earthenware

1131-1904 Henry Wallis Collection
Object history
Purchase: Henry Wallis Collection.

Purchase price note: 1116 to 1151-1904 purchased for £700.
Production
J Mallet
Probably Florentine, although there are no maker's marks.

Stated in Cora (Storia della maiolica di Firenze etc. 1973 n. 137B.) to be Florentine Zone.
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
56 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
1131-1904

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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