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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Drug Vase

ca. 1550 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Faenza (made)

Tin-glazed outside, lead-glazed inside, base left unglazed. Painted in yellow, blue, green and orange. A roundel with a bearded man with an helmet in front of a scroll with oniloc; below, the inscription in gothic letters: 'Syo de ifusio rosay' (syrup of infusion of roses) on the rest of the surface is covered with sections painted with alternate orange, green, and blue ground. These are painted with yellow foliate patterns.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Drug vase
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Large drug pot, tin-glazed earthenware painted in clolours, inscribed 'Syo de ifusio rosay', Faenza, Italy, about 1550
Physical description
Tin-glazed outside, lead-glazed inside, base left unglazed. Painted in yellow, blue, green and orange. A roundel with a bearded man with an helmet in front of a scroll with oniloc; below, the inscription in gothic letters: 'Syo de ifusio rosay' (syrup of infusion of roses) on the rest of the surface is covered with sections painted with alternate orange, green, and blue ground. These are painted with yellow foliate patterns.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Syo de ifusio rosay'
Translation
syrup of infusion of roses
Gallery label
Drug vase Faenza about 1550 Inscription:'Sy di fusio rosay' (Syrup of roses) Tin-glazed earthenware Circ.482-1924(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by G.Abercromby
Production
Cf to similar pair of vases in Thesaurus, 1998, pp.389-391

JVGM 6/10/05
Bibliographic references
  • Ravanelli Guidotti, Carmen. Thesaurus di opere della tradizione di Faenza. Faenza, 1998. pp.389-391, figs.99-99m.
  • Elisa Sani, Not in Rackham - 'Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Victoria and Albert Museum – Part 1', in: Keramos 210 (2010), pp. 1-30, cat. 17
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.482-1924

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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