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Collection Item: Wet Drug Jar

Basic info

Collection
Decorative Arts
Object name
Wet drug jar
Object category
Ceramic
Object subcategory
Delftware
Creators
Unknown (Potter)
Description
A delftware wet drug jar, teapot-shaped on a circular foot with a handle at one side and a short spout opposite. The tin glaze body has an underglaze blue cartouche on the front enclosing an inscription.
Production date start
1640
Production date end
1670
Period
Stuart
Charles I and Civil War
Restoration

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : 2000.2619
Alternative number
MA8
8
MM357
Number of objects
1
Classification code
4.843
Classification scheme
SHIC
ID
15000587

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Earthenware (Whole)
Dimensions
Whole height 185.0 mm
Whole diameter 160.0 mm
Whole length 220.0 mm

Production

Creators
Unknown (Potter)
Location
Lambeth
School/style
Delftware