A VENICE LARGE CYLINDRICAL ALBARELLO, the berettino ground named in gothic script for Sandali·R· on a scrolling ribbon surrounded by scrolling flowering foliage enriched in white with a yellow two-handled vase and cover in an oval cartouche above flanked by two birds and the pharmacy mark with the initials A D in a divided circle below (crack and pierced base, slight rim chips), circa 1580
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A VENICE LARGE CYLINDRICAL ALBARELLO, the berettino ground named in gothic script for Sandali·R· on a scrolling ribbon surrounded by scrolling flowering foliage enriched in white with a yellow two-handled vase and cover in an oval cartouche above flanked by two birds and the pharmacy mark with the initials A D in a divided circle below (crack and pierced base, slight rim chips), circa 1580
30.5cm. high
Lot Essay
A bottle made for the same pharmacy, formerly in the von Beckrath Collection, was sold Lepke's Berlin, 5 November 1913, lot 364