Lot 43
A Castel Durante or Pesaro maiolica albarello, 2nd half of the 16th century
Auction: 8 April 2009 at 11:30 BST
£975
Description
of double gourd cylindrical form, decorated in blue, green, yellow and orange with trailing green leaves, with a pharmacy badge 'EA/V' above a scroll inscribed 'Dia PRVNis SIMpe'
Dimensions
19.5 cm high
Footnote
Literature:
See Rudolf E. A. Drey 'Apothecary Jars', (London, 1978), p.198 and p.231 for information about contents.
See Julia E. Poole, 'Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge', (Cambidge, 1995), p.302, cat 373, for a pharmacy bottle with similar distinctive foliage decoration and scroll terminal.