English and European Ceramics and Glass - 23 May 2017
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A North Italian maiolica berettino albarello mid 18th century
A North Italian maiolica berettino albarello mid 18th century, the dumbell form inscribed in blue 'REQUIES NICOL' within wide leaf bands, some chips, 20cm.
Requies Nicolai (translating to Nicholas's Repose) was an opiate devised by Nicholas Myrepsos, a Byzantine physician from the late 13th century.
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