Add to albumThis maiolica drug jar was made between 1480 and 1490 in Italy, possibly at Pesaro.
The squat jar is painted in colours with a band of trellis and star motifs, an inscription 'a depinpinella' ['aniseed water'] and a band of peacock feather ornament.
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- Online ID: 000-180-001-105-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland Part 2
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland A.1884.44.16
- Date: 1480 - 1490
Between 1480 and 1490
- Material: Earthenware. Inscription: a depinpinella; L 3[?] 9[?] S
Jar, drug
- Dimensions: 191 mm H x 199 mm W
- What: Jar, drug
- Subject: Ceramics : earthenware : Italy : Faenza
- Who: Alessandro Castellani Collection (Palais Castellan (Previous owner)
- Where: Italy, Pesaro
- Event:
- Description: Squat maiolica drug jar, painted in colours with a band of trellis and star motifs, an inscription meaning "aniseed water" and a band of peacock feather ornament: Italian, possibly Pesaro, 1480 - 1490
- References:
- Curnow, Celia, Italian Maiolica in the National Museums of Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1992
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