VENICE
Large cylindrical majolica albarello with polychrome decoration of the inscription Mostarda F N in a band on a background of foliage and fruit, garlands of foliage on the neck.
16th century.
H. 30 cm, L. 25 cm.
A chip on the neck extended by a crack.
Former collection of Dr. Chompret.
Similar examples are reproduced by Rudolph E.A. Drey, Apothocary Jars: Pharmaceutical Pottery and Porcelain in Europe and the East 1150 - 1850, London, 1978, p. 60, figs. 24A - 27c.
The inscription does not refer to mustard in the modern sense but to a fruit compote.
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