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This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Drug Jar

1450-1475 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Unknown
Place of origin
Deruta (made)

Cyllindrical, slightly waisted jar, tin-glazed earthenware painted in blackish-bue and purple, with vertical bande of decoration, inscribed: 'NOCI CONFETI' and 'NOCI CONCI.'

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Drug jar
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Pot
  • Fragments
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Brief description
Drug jar, 'NOCI CONFETI' and 'NOCI CONCI.', Deruta, 1450-75, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Cyllindrical, slightly waisted jar, tin-glazed earthenware painted in blackish-bue and purple, with vertical bande of decoration, inscribed: 'NOCI CONFETI' and 'NOCI CONCI.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.5cm (Note: conversion from inches)
  • Diameter: 15cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'NOCI CONFETI'
    Translation
    Walnut confits
  • 'NOCI CONCI.'
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Drug jar
Deruta, Umbria 1450-75
Inscription: 'NOCI CONFETI' (walnuts confits)and 'NOCI CONCI.'
Tin-glazed earthenware

1134-1904
Object history
Purchase: Henry Wallis Collection.
Purchase price note: 1116 to 1151-1904 purchased for £700.
When this jar came into the Museum in 1904 as part of the Henry Wallis Collection, it was believed to be of a type without handles. During conservation, leading up to the reinstallation of the V&A ceramics galleries in 2010-11, discoloured over-painting was removed on two sides of the jar, revealing the scars of where two original handles had been attached. It became clear that the remains of these handles had been thoroughly ground off and the affected areas had been filled in and painted over to present the jar as complete.
Production
J. Mallet
Made in Deruta.

Stated by Cora to be from the Florentine area. In Cora, G., Storia della maiolica di Firenze e del contado: Secoli xiv e xv, Firenze 1973, n.207A.
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
  • H. Wallis, Oakleaf Jars, 1903, fig 46, this jar is illustrated
Other number
65 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1134-1904

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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