Drug Jar
ca. 1675-1700 (made)
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Drug jar of slightly concave cylindrical form, contracting at the neck and base and with expanding lip. Most of the surface is painted with a quatrefoil diaper pattern. Around the shoulder is a looped border.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Drug jar, probably made in Coimbra, Portugal, about 1675-1700, tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue outlined in manganese purple |
| Physical description | Drug jar of slightly concave cylindrical form, contracting at the neck and base and with expanding lip. Most of the surface is painted with a quatrefoil diaper pattern. Around the shoulder is a looped border. |
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| Gallery label | Drug jar
Probably made in Coimbra, Portugal about 1675-1700
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.64-1910(16/07/2008) |
| Object history | Formerly in the collection of Oswald Crawfurd, C.M.G., H.B.M., Consul at Oporto. Exhibited at the Museum on loan between 1888 and 1897. Purchased for £6.6s from his sale at Christies (part of lot 226). |
| Bibliographic reference | Ray, Anthony. Spanish Pottery 1248-1898. London : V&A Publications, 2000.
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| Accession number | C.64-1910 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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