Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 2
A Venetian maiolica wet drug jar, mid 16th century; together with an Italian maiolica wet drug jar, 20th century
7 – 8 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,020 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
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A Venetian maiolica wet drug jar, mid 16th century; together with an Italian maiolica wet drug jar, 20th century
Painted in dark-blue on a pale-blue ground, the drug label below the handle inscribed 's.di. ritonys' (?), enclosed by scrolling foliage and a band of stylised flowers around the rim; together with a Florentine maiolica wet drug jar, first half 20th century, Manifattura di Signa, inscribed with a label 'Sy. Di CAPELVENERE against a blue ground reserved with grotesques and scrolling foliage, green-striped snake handles, 20.5cm and 25.5cm high, the second with factory mark in manganese, (spout cleanly restuck on the first) (2)
