English and European Ceramics and Glass - 18 Oct 2017
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A Venetian maiolica apothecary jar c.1550
A Venetian maiolica apothecary jar c.1550, the globular body painted in blue with a scroll bearing the inscription 'olua flo mal', within bands of bright fruiting lemon branches, extensively broken and restuck, 26cm high.
Cf. Rudolf E A Drey, Apothecary Jars, p.63, pl.24A for a similar example.
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