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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Drug Jar

ca. 1765-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Delftware continued to be used for pharmaceutical purposes into the 1800s. Glass or white earthenware with transfer-printed labels finally replaced it. This jar contained a purgative made with various ingredients including cloves.

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Containers
Health
SCRAN
Object type
Drug jar
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Drug jar with depictions of a sun-burst, flowers and an inscription, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue, probably London, England, ca. 1765-1775
Physical description
One side is painted in blue with a cartouche inscribed E:CARYOCOST. Surmounted by a sun-bust and flowers, with fleshy leaves below.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling slightly towards the base and much crazed. Foot-rim wiped entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Slightly concave on underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.5cm
  • Diameter: 11.8cm
Height: 7 5/16 ins Diameter: D. 11.8 cms (4 5/8 ins)
Marks and inscriptions
E:CARYOCOST.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Liselotte Caraco, in memory of her husband, Dr Max Caraco
Object history
Given by Mrs Liselotte Caraco in memory of her husband Dr. Max Caraco, London, 1991.
Subjects depicted
Cartouche
Suns
Flower
Leaf
Summary
Delftware continued to be used for pharmaceutical purposes into the 1800s. Glass or white earthenware with transfer-printed labels finally replaced it. This jar contained a purgative made with various ingredients including cloves.
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X
Other number
K11. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.191-1991

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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