Apothecary jar
Category
Ceramics
Date
1597 - 1600
Materials
Maiolica
Place of origin
Urbino
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1296773
Summary
A pair of syrup or Wet Drug Apothecary Jars, earthenware with tin-opacified lead glaze (maiolica), polychrome painted Hippomenes winning the race against Atalanta and the three golden apples, after a print by Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630) from Ovid’s Metamorphoses Book 10, Plate 97; Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, Italy, c. 1597-1600.
Provenance
The 1909 Heirlooms at Tatton inventory records ‘Pair Italian Majolica Vase with handles & spouts’ in the Staircase Hall in Buhl Cabinet.