A SOUTH ITALIAN ARMORIAL WAISTED ALBARELLO painted in blue, ochre and manganese with arms of the Dominicans, a dog beneath a star on a crowned shield enclosed by ribbon (slight footrim chips and minor glaze flaking to rims), first quarter of the 18th century
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A SOUTH ITALIAN ARMORIAL WAISTED ALBARELLO painted in blue, ochre and manganese with arms of the Dominicans, a dog beneath a star on a crowned shield enclosed by ribbon (slight footrim chips and minor glaze flaking to rims), first quarter of the 18th century
18.5cm. high
Lot Essay
Cf. Rudolf Drey, 'Armoiries et emblèmes d'ordres religieux sur les vases de pharmacie', Revue d'histoire de la Pharmacie, vol. XXV, no. 236, March 1978, pl. III, fig. 9