AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA DATED ARMORIAL BALUSTER WET-DRUG JAR

AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA DATED ARMORIAL BALUSTER WET-DRUG JAR
1652, POSSIBLY URBINO
The front with a yellow, ochre and blue spout, named below in manganese for SYR : INARDINO above a coat of arms, against a ground of coloured grotteschi, the striped strap handle above a label similarly inscribed in manganese above the inscription G·B·P· (?) 1652 within a heart-shaped cypher surmounted by a cross
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high