Pharmacy jar for poultice of bay laurel berries

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Maker

Title

Pharmacy jar for poultice of bay laurel berries

Date of Production

circa 1500-1510

Medium

tin-glazed earthenware

Dimensions

Height: 23.8 cm

Object Number

O.1966.GP.102

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Notes

It is thought that this jar may have been made in the Masci family workshop, the most prominent maiolica and lustreware makers in Deruta from the second half of the fifteenth to the early sixteenth century.

Inscriptions

Inscription: EMP.DE.BAChE LaUR

Provenance

Acquired in Florence by Thomas Gambier Parry, between about 1861 and 1875.

Exhibition History

La Faience des Humanistes, Musée National de la Renaissance & Ecouen & France, 11/10/2011-27/02/2012
The Gambier-Parry Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1967

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