Pharmacy jar for bugloss preserve

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Maker

Unknown maker, perhaps Masci family, Deruta (central Italy), early 16th century

Title

Pharmacy jar for bugloss preserve

Date of Production

circa 1500-1510

Medium

tin-glazed earthenware

Dimensions

Height: 24.1 cm

Object Number

O.1966.GP.103

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: Zucaro.BUGLoSSATO

Provenance

Acquired by Thomas Gambier Parry in Florence between about 1861 and 1875; by descent to Mark Gambier-Parry; Gambier-Parry Bequest 1966

Exhibition History

The Gambier-Parry Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1967

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