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Drug jar (albarello)
Italian (Sicilian)
about 1600
Object Place: Europe, Italy, Sicily
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 24.5 × 14 cm (9 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
Weight = 2.0 lbs
Weight = 2.0 lbs
Credit Line
Bequest of George Washington Wales
Accession Number03.205
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionBlue ground decorated with scrolls, masks, etc.; medallion containing figure of child St. John; cracked and edge chipped. No mark.
ProvenancePossibly acquired in Rome by George Washington Wales (b. 1815 - d. 1896) and Maria Wharton Dow Wales (b. 1816 - d. 1902), Boston [see note]; 1903, bequest of George Washington Wales to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 15, 1903)
NOTE: A label on the underside of the jar reads "795 / Castel Durante / to Rome."
NOTE: A label on the underside of the jar reads "795 / Castel Durante / to Rome."