Drug Bottle
1510-1530 (made)
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Albarello of cylindrical shape with two imposing strap handles, sloping shoulders and everted rim. Tin-glazed outside (probably over a white slip) and lead glazed on the inside. Painted in blue, copper green and yellow. On one side on the body, a symmetrical composition of grotesques on blue ground, in the lower part of the body on a band the inscription 'ZAFARANO' (saffron). On the shoulder and around the base a band painted in the porcelain style blue on white. The reverse is undecorated a part from the helping lines of the inscriptions at the front.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Drug bottle, 'Zafarano' painted around body, possibly made in Montelupo, 1510-20, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Albarello of cylindrical shape with two imposing strap handles, sloping shoulders and everted rim. Tin-glazed outside (probably over a white slip) and lead glazed on the inside. Painted in blue, copper green and yellow. On one side on the body, a symmetrical composition of grotesques on blue ground, in the lower part of the body on a band the inscription 'ZAFARANO' (saffron). On the shoulder and around the base a band painted in the porcelain style blue on white. The reverse is undecorated a part from the helping lines of the inscriptions at the front. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Zafarano' (Italian. Painted around body) |
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| Object history | Purchase price note: Bought for £4 19s 2d. bought together with another drug jar from the same set (7840-1861) from an unknown source, then transferred to the Circulation department in 1909. |
| Production | C.f Watercolour copy by J.J. Williamson Reg. no. 172-1889 J Mallet 11/04/03 See recorded notes and bibliographical references for its companion piece 7840-1861 |
| Bibliographic reference | Elisa Sani, Not in Rackham - 'Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Victoria and Albert Museum – Part 1', in: Keramos 210 (2010), pp. 1-30, cat. 9 |
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| Accession number | 7841-1861 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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