Drug Jar
1560-1575 (made)
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Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware, 'DIA.IRIS' painted on central panel.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Drug jar, 'DIA.IRIS' painted on central panel, made in Deruta, Italy, 1560-75, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware, 'DIA.IRIS' painted on central panel. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'DIA.IRIS' (Painted in Roman script on the central pannel.) |
| Gallery label | Drug jar
Made in Deruta, Italy 1560-75
Inscription: DIA.IRIS (made from Iris rhizome)
Tin-glazed earthenware
1596-1900(16/07/2008) |
| Object history | Purchase price note: Bought for £3 14s 8d. |
| Production | Rackham, 1940 Deruta drugpot, 1540-50. J. Mallet Rouen and Metropolitan Museum in New York have similar pieces. C.f N wet drug jar with same monastic pharmacy jar (SN in monogram surmounted by a patriarchal cross) and same scrolls in Fiocco and Gherardi, 1988, vol.i, p.129-30, fi.83 (p.135 note 39). |
| Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
| Other number | 759 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 1596-1900 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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