Two Italian maiolica pharmacy jars, end 17th century


Comprising a Savona albarello painted in blue with a figure of St. James and a crowned cipher, probably for the Carthusian Order, 21cm high, crowned shield mark, and a Syrup jar, possibly Paduan, painted in colours with a figure of St Anthony and a drug label 'Sy: Di ERIS:mo', 21.5cm high (2)
|A very similar Savona albarello is in the Museum of the History of Science, no.43090. The syrup jar probably contained an extract of Hedge Mustard (Erysimum).