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Spouted drug jar
Workshop of: Orazio Pompei (Italian (Castelli))
Italian (Castelli)
Renaissance
about 1540–50
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions
Overall: 29.5cm (11 5/8in.)
Weight = 4.0 lbs
Weight = 4.0 lbs
Credit Line
Bequest of William Homer
Accession Number03.1059a
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
Spouted containers such as this one typically held medicinal syrups that were dispensed by pharmacies and hospitals.
DescriptionSpout in shape of a dragon; blue scrolls around handle; blue and yellow on cover; Sy Urbino II on a band around bottom. No mark. From the Orsini-Colonna group.
InscriptionsSy Urbino II
ProvenanceWilliam Homer (b. 1847 - d. by 1903), Boston; 1903, bequest of William Homer to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 1903)