CASTEL DURANTE, DATED 1562

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TWO ITALIAN MAIOLICA ARMORIAL ALBARELLI
Castel Durante, dated 1562
Each of dumbell form, inscribed in sgraffito on a blue band with the date '1562' above the stemma of three crescents and a chevron flanked by the initials '.V..B.', all enclosed within a berried robbianna issuing scrolling ribbons, one labeled for 'Casia.Trata' and for 'Eleto.Lenitivo'
8 in. (20.4 cm.) high, the larger (2)

Provenance

W.H. Dunn Collection, Hungerford.
RCE Collection, no. 35 (paper sticker on the underside of one).
Curtis Moffat; Sotheby's, London, 18 June 1933, lot 27 (as Caffaggiolo and with the stemma of the Strozzi family, 12 guineas).

Lot Essay

The stemma on the present albarelli has traditionally been described as that of the Strozzi family. This is not the case, as the Strozzi stemma has three crescents but on a horizontal banner, not divided into two registers by a chevron.

That labeled 'Casia Trata' will have held dried bark. That labeled 'Eleto.Lenitivo' a laxative. See Rudolf E. A. Drey, Apothecary Jars, London, 1978, pp. 200.

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