Pharmacy jar

Description

Maiolica pharmacy jar painted with scrolls in colours and inscribed 'Noce Muscate' (Nutmeg) in gothic letters: Italian, probably Castel Durante or Faenza, 1550 - 1600

Museum reference

A.1895.27

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Pharmacy jar

Production information

Castel Durante, Italy, Southern Europe
Faenza, Italy, Southern Europe

Date

Second half 16th century

Materials

Earthenware, tin glaze

Physical description

Earthenware, tin-glazed, painted with scrolls in colours

Exhibitions

• Window on the World (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Curnow, Celia, 'Italian Maiolica in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh ,1992, catalogue 58, p.57

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 3 »
window on the world