Sale 9726
London, South Kensington
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3 December 2013
Price realised
GBP 2,250
Estimate
AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA DATED SYRUP-JAR 1667, PROBABLY DERUTA Of baluster form with short tapering spout attached to the neck by a blue twisted support, named in manganese for A.EVFRASIE. on a label, above a cypher of a ladder surmounted by a cross within a laurel garland, against a ground of scrolling flowering foliage, swags of fruit and birds, dated 1667 beneath the loop handle 11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
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The cypher is for the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala in Sienna. Eufrasia is Eyebright, a plant used to treat inflamation of the eyes.
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