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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Drug Vase and Cover

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lidded vase of tin-glazed earthenware. Ovoid, with cylindrical neck and dome-shaped cover. Painted round the upper part of the body with a band of floral festoons and arabesques, and round the lower part and the cover with a row of green acanthus leaves and red conventional sprays arranged alternately. On the foot are small sprays of foliage. The neck has a band of conventional ornament in blue and yellow, and on the shoulder is a row of yellow discs.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Drug Vase
  • Vase Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Drug vase with cover, tin-glazed earthenware painted with bands of floral festoons, acanthus leaves and foliage. Faenza, Italy, Ferniani factory, ca.1800
Physical description
Lidded vase of tin-glazed earthenware. Ovoid, with cylindrical neck and dome-shaped cover. Painted round the upper part of the body with a band of floral festoons and arabesques, and round the lower part and the cover with a row of green acanthus leaves and red conventional sprays arranged alternately. On the foot are small sprays of foliage. The neck has a band of conventional ornament in blue and yellow, and on the shoulder is a row of yellow discs.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27cm (with cover)
  • Diameter: 14.5cm
Gallery label
Drug-vase and cover Made in Italy Tin-glazed earthenware 1722 1-1892(16/07/2008)
Object history
Bought from Mons. E. Lowengard, 26 Rue Buffault Paris
Bought, £10. the pair, with 1722A-1892.
Associated object
1722-1892 (Set)
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
1261 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
1722:1, 2-1892

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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