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Drug Jar

1580-1620 (made)
Place of origin
Netherlands (made)

Cylindrical pot, constricted at shoulder and base. White, tin-glazed exterior, painted in blue with cartouch with inscription amongst foliage. Around the shoulder and base a painted fluted border.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Health
Object type
Drug jar
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue
Earthenware
Throwing
Painting
Physical description
Cylindrical pot, constricted at shoulder and base. White, tin-glazed exterior, painted in blue with cartouch with inscription amongst foliage. Around the shoulder and base a painted fluted border.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 4 1/2in
taken from registers
Marks and inscriptions
C. ANTHOS (A compound made of the leaves and flowering tops of Rosemary)
Translation
Compositium Anthos = Rosemary compound
Credit line
Given by W. Ridout
Object history
W. Ridout Collection; bought by him from a stall in Antwerp
Production
bought by the donor from a stall in Antwerp
Bibliographic references
  • Drey, R. Apothecary Jars: pharmaceutical pottery and porcelain in Europe and the East 1150-1850. London, 1978, p. 118-120, Pl 61B
  • Rackham, Bernard. Early Netherlands maiolica: with special reference to the tiles at the Vyne in Hampshire. London, 1926. pl. 49C
  • Dumortier, Claire Céramique de la Renaissance à Anvers: De Venise à DelftBrussels/Paris 2002, p. 101-103
  • Korf, Dingeman et al., Antwerps Plateel. Leeuwarden, Netherlands : Fries Museum 1971 no.30
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.83-1929

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Record createdMarch 6, 2009
Record URL
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