Pharmacy jar for poultice of bay laurel berries
Copyright
Work in the public domain
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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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