Maiolica pharmacy jar

Description

Material: [Maiolica](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300021170). Accession no: HCM 293. Current location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/), [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html). A maiolica jar with a pair of applied, ornate handles in the shape of sea-horses and a short spout. The body of the jar bears the arms of the [Order of St Francis (Franciscans)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscans) surrounded by fruit and floral decoration. The reverse is decorated with stylized pinecones, a form of the Persian [palmette](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300009995). The jar may have contained syrup, oil or medicated waters. [Italian](https://www.geonames.org/3175395/italian-republic.html), [16th century AD](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p06c6g3x35x). [More](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/d23eb97f-6de1-393a-a15c-09ce894fcc96/?s%3DHCM+293&pos=1).