Lot Essay
Cf. J.K. Crellin, Medical Ceramics in the Wellcome Institute (1969), p. 79, pl. 141, for a wet drug jar of similar design.
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CIRCA 1550, POSSIBLY ANTWERP
Details
A BLUE AND WHITE MAIOLICA WAISTED ALBARELLO
circa 1550, possibly Antwerp
inscribed ·COS·FLOR··CICHORY within a slanting banner on a ground of flowers between S-scroll bands
6¾in. (17cm) high
circa 1550, possibly Antwerp
inscribed ·COS·FLOR··CICHORY within a slanting banner on a ground of flowers between S-scroll bands
6¾in. (17cm) high
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