1430-1460 Orciuolo Double-Handed Drug Jar

    Double-Handed Drug Jar (Orciuolo) with Oak Leaves and Leaping Hare Tin-glazed earthenware ca. 1430-1460Unknown artist, Italian, Italy; Florence 23.5 x 25.4 x 20.3 cm (9 1/4 x 10 x 8 inches) (maximum)Museum Works of Art Fund 43.351  …

Florence Wedding Box 1460 – Victoria & Albert Museum London

Florence ca. 1460 Wood, covered with gilt gesso decoration and partly painted in glaze Its cylindrical shape and the lavish gilding suggest that it was used for storing an expensive hat or elaborate headdress. Similar gilt gesso decoration was used…