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

Drug Jar

1560-70 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drug-jar with

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours
Brief description
Drug jar, 'Mostarda f' painted on a cartouche, made in Italy, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Drug-jar with
Dimensions
  • Height: 38.5cm
  • Diameter: 30cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Mostarda f' (Italian. Painted in Gothic script on a cartouche.)
Translation
Fine mustard
Gallery label
Drug jar Made in Italy Mostarda f Tin-glazed earthenware 239-1889(16/07/2008)
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
978 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
239-1889

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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