Drug Vase and Cover
ca. 1800 (made)
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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
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| 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. |
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| 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) |
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| Accession number | 1722:1, 2-1892 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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