Drug Jar
1530-1550 (made)
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This jar, bearing an unidentified coat of arms, was probably part of a large pharmacy series. It was meant to store electuary of plums, a widely used purgative. The beginning of the production of drug jars inscribed with the name of the contents dates from about the middle of the 15th century, both in Spain and in Italy.
The horizontal and vertical blue outlines painted on the body helped the painter to set out the design.
The horizontal and vertical blue outlines painted on the body helped the painter to set out the design.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours |
| Brief description | Drug jar, 'DIA. P,NI: S' painted on broad label, probably made in Deruta, Italy, 1530-1550, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Painted in blue, copper green, yellow, brownish orange. On the front, an oval panel enclosed by a wreath of loose trefoils tied with ribbons. On a label the name of the contents. Above the label are branching leafy stems and a shield of arms; Azure a fesse argent between in chief two mullets or and in base a rose of the second seeded gules and barbed or. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'DIA. P,NI: S' (Painted on a label)
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| Object history | Bought from Mons. Fulgence, Paris, for 18s 6d. |
| Summary | This jar, bearing an unidentified coat of arms, was probably part of a large pharmacy series. It was meant to store electuary of plums, a widely used purgative. The beginning of the production of drug jars inscribed with the name of the contents dates from about the middle of the 15th century, both in Spain and in Italy. The horizontal and vertical blue outlines painted on the body helped the painter to set out the design. |
| Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
| Other number | 809 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 711-1894 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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