Condition Report
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Lot 264
Sale 5036 - English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Oct 8, 2013
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$1,900
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Italian majolica pill pot and cover castel durante or pesaro, circa 1580
Decorated with brown and white trophies against a blue ground, the domed lid above compressed ovoid-form jar, the shoulder bearing the inscription "*P*FETIDE*MAG*M*" probably abreviated from the latin "foetidae pilulae magistralis mondo" for pills made from gum asafetida as purified by the physician.
H: 5 1/4, DIA: 5 1/2 in.