VASO DALLA SPEZIERIA. (Majolica.) These vessels were made to hold drugs in the medical dispensaries. This appears, by the inscription, to have contained Bugloss (Buglox), a simple much in repute in ancient pharmacy. The female figure pourtrayed upon the vase, was probably the portrait of the lady-love of the painter, whose name he wished to transmit to posterity, " Puccia di Domenico," that is, Puccia, daughter of Domenico. The date is about the middle of the sixteenth century, Height, 17 inches. from the book Collections towards a history of pottery and porcelain, in the 15th, 16th, 17th, and
VASO DALLA SPEZIERIA. (Majolica.) These vessels were made to hold drugs in the medical dispensaries. This appears, by the inscription, to have contained Bugloss (Buglox), a simple much in repute in ancient pharmacy. The female figure pourtrayed upon the vase, was probably the portrait of the lady-love of the painter, whose name he wished to transmit to posterity, " Puccia di Domenico," that is, Puccia, daughter of Domenico. The date is about the middle of the sixteenth century, Height, 17 inches. from the book Collections towards a history of pottery and porcelain, in the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries : with a description of the manufacture, a glossary, and a list of monograms by Joseph Marryat, Publisher London : J. Murray 1850
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