Prie - albarelli

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Bottles	Plates	Vases	Tureens	Panels	Jars	Cachepots	Albarelli	Pitchers

Art. 0429

Gothic-floral albarello
Siena, ca. 1520

Art. 0248

Small albarello with sgraffito ornament
Faenza, late 15^th century?

Art. 0393

Dry drug jar with dark blue ornament on light blue ground, mid 16^th century, Faenza.

Art. 0385

Dry drug jar with dark blue ornament on light blue ground, mid 16^th century, Faenza.

Art. 0253

Small albarello with coat of arms on blue ground
Faenza, Ca’ Pirota workshop,
late 16^th century

albarello

The etymology of the Italian term albarello, a cylindrical vessel used to store dry, solid, powdered or unctuous drugs, cosmetics, dyes, pigments, sweetmeats, spices and herbs, is uncertain, but is believed to be Arabic in origin.

Apothecary wares are assumed to have originated in Mesopotamia where the first hospitals and schools of medicine were established. Drug jars were among the earliest, and most enduring maiolica forms introduced to Europe from the Islamic world.
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