Drug Jar (Wet)
CultureItalian
Date1639
MediumEarthenware; tin-glazed
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 6 inches (26.67 × 15.24 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-1571 A,B
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DescriptionJug-shaped pitcher with lid, painted in all over pattern in blue, orange, yellow, green and white. Has coat of arms on handle and letter "P".ProvenanceBaron Frédéric Spitzer (1815-1890), Paris, by 1890;
By descent to his daughters, Madame La Baronne Coche de la Ferté (née Catherine Spitzer, 1872-1954) and Madame Augustin Rey de Villette (née Marguerite Spitzer), Paris, 1890-1929;
Purchased at their sale, Medieval and Renaissance Art…from the Frederic Spitzer Collection , The Anderson Galleries, New York, January 9-12, 1929, lot 409, by French & Co., New York, stock no. 33184, January 9, 1929-1933 [1];
Purchased from French & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
NOTES:
[1] Getty Research Library, Los Angeles, French & Co. Stock Sheets, box 36, folder 4, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial file.
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