Not on display

Drug Jar

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware, double bulb-shape, painted with floral garlands in blue and black, and the name of the drug in black Gothic letters. It bears the initials 'A. C.'

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware, painted with floral garlands in blue and black, and the name of the drug in black Gothic letters and the initials 'A. C.', probably Bassano, Italy, 18th century or later
Physical description
Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware, double bulb-shape, painted with floral garlands in blue and black, and the name of the drug in black Gothic letters. It bears the initials 'A. C.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 12cm (Note: Conversion from inches)
  • Diameter: 8.5cm
Object history
Purchased with 404 to 406 and 408-1888 for £10 the group from J. T. Heath, Esq., 19 Charterhouse Street, Holborn Circus, London, R.F.2526/1888. A Japanese copper bowl 116-1888 was acquired from the vendor at the same time, for £4. A number of other drug pots and four metal bowls were acquired from the vendor as School Examples.
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
Silvia Glaser, Majolika : die italienischen Fayencen im Germanischen Nationalmuseum Nürnberg : Bestandskatalog, Nuremberg, 2000, pp. 270-290 for similar examples from Bassano
Collection
Accession number
407-1888

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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