Lot Essay
VTO.DA.CONTVSIONE for an ointment used for treating contusions.
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CIRCA 1600, NORTHERN ITALY OR FRANCE
Details
A maiolica apothecary jar
CIRCA 1600, NORTHERN ITALY OR FRANCE
Of cylindrical form, inscribed in Italian VTO.DA.CONTVSIONE within a scrolled banner cartouche enhanced in yellow and reserved on greenish-blue a foglie ground below the small strap handle, the pinched neck and foot enhanced with rings (loss to footrim)
16.2 cm high
CIRCA 1600, NORTHERN ITALY OR FRANCE
Of cylindrical form, inscribed in Italian VTO.DA.CONTVSIONE within a scrolled banner cartouche enhanced in yellow and reserved on greenish-blue a foglie ground below the small strap handle, the pinched neck and foot enhanced with rings (loss to footrim)
16.2 cm high
Literature
This jar is described as French maiolica and also illustrated in D. Korf, 'Het a foglie-ornament op Nederlandse majolica', Antiek, February 1975, IX, No. 7, pp. 693-711, ill. 5-6, p. 696.
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