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AN ITALIAN POTTERY ALBARELLO inscribed `Vngo Dialtea` within blue trailing foliage decoration and dated to the reverse 1672, probably 17th Century, 8 1/4" high

AN ITALIAN POTTERY ALBARELLO inscribed ` Trisera T`, with coat of arms in yellow and blue, below the inscription flanked by the initials PS, all surrounded by trailing foliage decoration, probably 17th Century, 8 3/4" high

A very rare Kashan blue frit ware albarello c. 12th century, of ribbed moulded form. Heavy iridescence from burial but apparently intact, 8`` tall, 5`` diameter approx.

A scarce Urbino albarello ``Dianisvm``, workshop of Orazio Fontana c 1570, typically painted with a cherub in a rocky landscape. Condition: small old drill hole for mounting as a lamp. Otherwise in good condition, 7 3/4`` tall, 4 7/8`` diameter approx.

ITALIAN MAIOLICA ALBARELLO PALERMO, SICILY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY of waisted form with a profile portrait of a man wearing a turban within a scrolled cartouche with scrolling leaves above and below and twisted rope on the lower and upper shoulders 25.5cm high Note: See cats 1319 and 1325, `Les majoliques des Musees nationaux`, Jeanne Giacomotti, Paris 1974, for very similar dated pieces.

ITALIAN MAIOLICA ALBARELLO EARLY 17TH CENTURY decorated with blue scrolling leaves on a white ground with inscription `S.Di. Alchengi` 25cm high

Four pieces of Islamic turquoise-glazed lustre pottery, comprising: a Kashan albarello, a large one-handled bowl with everted rim and two conical bowls, vase 22cm. high, damage and repair (4).

A faïence armorial bottle vase 2nd half 18th century, decorated with a polychrome shield of a peacock and fish, the reverse with a scrolling banner, an albarello titled `CORTIC: CEDRIC` within bands of scrolling blue foliage, three Delft plates variously decorated in blue, a strainer bowl, and a vase and cover, some damages, 39cm max. (8)

A Deruta faïence armorial albarello dated 1562, titled `BELGIVI` within a leaf cartouche of yellow, blue and ochre, above a shield and the initials `VB`, the base broken off and restored, 20cm. Cf. Christie`s Pictorial History of European Pottery, p.57, no.5 for a syrup jar from the same set.

A Montelupo maiolica albarello early 16th century, decorated with palmetta Persiana or the Pinecone pattern, with two mirrored bands of stylized palmettes in blue, ochre, green and manganese, between ochre bands, broken and reglued, 21cm. Cf. Jeanne Giacomotti, Les Majoliques des Musées Nationaux, p.39, no. 143 for a similar albarello.

An 18th century Italian maiolica albarello, 7.5ins

THREE ITALIAN MAIOLICA WET-DRUG JARS AND AN ALBARELLO FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY, NORTH ITALIAN Comprising: a blue and white example inscribed in gothic script and dated 1745 to handle, a similar smaller example, another named in manganese script between polychrome bands of scrolls and foliage, the albarello in blue and yellow painted with birds and foliage The first 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high (4) View on Christie's.com

A SOUTHERN ITALIAN MAIOLICA ALBARELLO 16TH CENTURY PAINTED IN SHADES OF BLUE WITH STYLISED LEAVES AND SCROLLS BETWEEN PLAIN BANDS 8 5/8 IN. (21.9 CM.) HIGH View on Christie's.com

Two maiolica albarello possibly Italian, painted with text within scrolled cartouches on a light blue ground, 18th century, (rim chips and crack to the shorter albarello) (2) the tallest albarello 12cm high

Two 18th century tin glazed albarello, one painted with an open scroll, the other with Gothic text, (rim crack to the first, wear to the second) (2) the tallest 18cm high

A late 16th/early 17th century Italian albarello of waisted form, the tin glazed body with blue Arabesques and a scene of a wolf under a tree, detailed in cadmium yellow enamel, 21cm (8 1/4in)

Assorted tin glazed earthenwares, to include a Cantagalli cherubic wall plinth, Albarello dishes and a one piece egg cruet, salt and dish

A Spanish pottery albarello, the waisted body painted with a cartouche containing a hand holding a sword, possibly the emblem of the Monastery of Sahagun, the reverse with a blue foliate design, probably 18th century, 25.8cm.Provenance: From the estate of Niel Rimington (1928-2009) of Fonthill Old Abbey Estate, Wiltshire.

Late 17th century/early 18th century Spanish Albarello with formal geometric overall design, 14.5cm high

A majolica albarello slightly waisted form painted with a sacrificial scene old damage

A pair of Italian maiolica albarello each with portrait roundel of a soldier and painted with flowers and sea creatures against a blue background, 18th-19thC, 43cm

19TH CENTURY SPANISH MAIOLICA APOTHECARY`S ALBARELLO, of waisted cylinder form on pedestal base, overall decorated with coloured masks, drums and other designs around a reserved portrait panelled of a standing gentleman with long scarf. 12.5" High. (AF).

A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY DELFT WARE ALBARELLO APOTHECARY`S DRUG JARS, of double baluster form standing on circular pedestal bases, overall decorated with underglaze blue, foliate designs and having black contents inscriptions. 7.25" High. Together with three similar jars, two blue decorated, one decorated with brightly coloured foliage. 5", 4.75" and 3.75" High. (5). (Photo includes lot 305)

A 19th Century Continental Maiolica pottery albarello drug jar with floral spray decoration and inscribed "Electuar Theriac", 18.25 cm high

A LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY SPANISH TIN GLAZED ALBARELLO OR DRUG JAR with splashed decoration, 8" high (see illustration).

A Continental tin-glazed albarello, painted with two birds, back to back beneath a crown, a blue-glazed albarello, and a tin-glazed barber`s bowl, painted with a garlanded border and stylized leaves, 18th and 19th centuries, some damages, 27.5cm max. Together with a wood stand. (4)

A pair of Italian maiolica albarello each with portrait roundel of a soldier and painted with flowers and sea creatures against a blue background 18th-19thC 43cm

A Faenza Minardi two handled albarello, late 19th Century, painted to one side with a cockerel, another bird to the reverse, each within shaped panels against scrolling foliage, flanked by angular stylized fish handles, black painted marks to base, height approx 28.5cm.

A tin glazed earthenware albarello, late 19th/early 20th Century, the waisted cylindrical body painted in underglaze blue with arched panels of stylized flowers between geometric banded borders.

An Italian maiolica albarello, circa 1900, enamelled with grotesques and foliate scrollwork around an inscribed band, together with other maiolica and Italian pottery, 20th Century, and four Persian tiles (faults).

A large waisted maiolica albarello, probably North Italian or Spanish, decorated with a warrior, verso bearing initials V.O and date 1778, 27.5cm high (rim chips); and a Dutch Delft baluster blue and white vase, 17cm high, 18th century. Provenance: The Estate of the late Mrs Olive Pearson. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

A pair of North Italian Albarello jars, painted in blue with a fortified house, 23 cm high (a.f).

AN ITALIAN ALBARELLO painted with blue cartouche, with dog and leaf, 9" high

AN ITALIAN ALBARELLO, with polychrome cartouche, with inscription 'Grasso.di.lvpo', and bearing date 1700, 8" high

A Continental Delft waisted Albarello type Jar, of cylindrical form, decorated in underglaze blue with an armorial (foot and rim glaze chip), 9 ¾" high

A Delft blue and white Albarello of waisted form painted deer in a landscape, 11 1/2 in A/F.

A late 15th/early 16th century Italian maiolica albarello, circa 1490-1520. Probably Faenza, of cylindrical form, polychrome painted with stylised leaves and scrolls with a label inscribed in Gothic script 'trifera perhicha', after fired scratch marks and symbols on the base. 12.5cm high. Literature: See Tomothy Wilson and Elisa Paola Sani, 'Le Maioliche Rinascimentali Nelle Colleczione Della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia', (Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia, 2006), p.32, cat.7, for a similar albarello with similar decoration. See Rudolf E. A. Drey 'Apothecary Jars', (London, 1978), p. 235 for a description of the contents. He states Tryphera Persica is an "electuary made from senna leaves, larch agaric, rhubarb, thyme dooder, hops and othere ingredients. Used as a mild purgative, as an antidepressant, and in treatment of jaundice.".

An early 16th century Montelupo maiolica albarello, circa 1510-1520, of shouldered slightly waisted cylindrical form, painted allover in dark blue, green and orange with Persian palmettes, leaves and scrolls, with two bands of 'nastri' or interlacing zig-zags on the shoulder and neck, 22.5cm high. Literature: Similar jars illustrated in Bernard Rackham, 'Catalogue of Italian Maiolica with emendations and additional bibliography' by J.V.G. Mallet, (London, 1977), cat. 333, pl. 55, p.116 and Jeanne Giacomotti, 'Catalogue des Majoliques de Musees Nationaux', (Paris, 1974), p. 39, cat.143.

A Trapani or Naples maiolica albarello, probably second half of the 16th century, of elongated waisted cylindrical form, painted in blue with yellow highlights with stylised flowers and geometric forms, 28.5cm high. Literature: See Julia E. Poole, 'Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge', (Cambidge, 1995), p.468, cat 502, for similar shape and decoration.

A large 16th century Montelupo maiolica albarello, circa 1580-1600, of shouldered cylindrical form, polychrome painted to the border with incised zig-zags on an orange ground and to the body with Persian palmettes within hexagonal panels, 29.5cm high. Literature: See Fausto Berti, 'Storia della Cermica di Montelupo', Volume terzo - ceramiche da farmacia, pavimenti maiolicati e produzioni "minori", (Montelupo Fiorentino, 1999), p.285 cat.119, h 17.6)

A late 17th century Caltigarone maiolica albarello, circa 1680, of waisted cylindrical form, painted with trellis and scroll panels in blue and sponged manganese. 24.5cm high

A Palermo maiolica albarello, first half of the 17th century, of waisted cylindrical form, painted with a coloured portrait panel on a ground of leaves and coloured bands on a yellow ground (damages). 24.5cm high

A Venice 'a berettino' ground maiolica albarello, second half of the 16th century, of double gourd form, decorated in berettino with dark blue leaves and berries on a light blue ground, inscribed with a drug label ELo.LENITIVO (lenitivo elettuario) above a polychrome armorial. 18.5cm high. Literature: See Wendy Watson, 'Italian Renaissance Ceramics - the Howard I. Janet H. Stein Collectin and the Philadelphia Museum of Art', (Philadelphia Museum, 2001), p.162, cat. 77A and B and page 208 for reverse, for a similar pair of albarelli with similar decoration but in this case also painted in white. For information about contents see Rudolph E.A Drey, 'Apothecary Jars', p210 (London 1978)

A 17th century Italian maiolica armorial albarello, dated 1638. Possibly from Pesaro or Castel Durante, of double gourd form, painted in blue, orange, yellow and green, with central inscription 'V.Madre Selva' (honeysuckle ointment) on a scroll with an escutcheon and an unidentified coat of arms above on a panel with the initials G. P. , dated 1638 above scroll, 18cm high. Note: a matching bottle also dated 1638 is in the V & A no. 1018. Literature: See Bernard Rackham, 'Catalogue of Italian Maiolica with emendations and additional bibliography' by J.V.G. Mallet, (London, 1977), cat. 1018, pl. 164, p.343, for a pair of drug bottles with a similar shield of arms and initials but in reverse (P.G) also dated 1638. See Wendy Watson, Italian Renaissance Ceramics - The Howard I. and Janet H. Stein Collection and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, (Philadelphia, 2001), p.164, cats 80 A and B and p.209, cats. 880 A & B, for a pair of albarelli of similar shape and ground decoration. See Rudolph E.A Drey, Apothecary Jars, (London 1978) p212 for contents

A 16th century Venice maiolica albarello, circa1560-1580. Probably from the workshop of Domenego Da Venezia, of cylindrical form, painted in blue, yellow, orange and green, with a band of stylised flowers and foliage on a blue ground with incised sgraffito scrolls scratched through the blue, with borders of foliate scrolls on the shoulder and sloping foot, 15.5cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's, 5th February 1974, lot 28.

A mid 16th century Castel Durante maiolica albarello, of waisted cylindrical form, painted in dark blue, green and orange with a drug label in gothic script beneath the crest of a cockerel, a pharmacy badge below. 14cm high. Notes: The crest may be for the El Gallo pharmacy in Milan. See 'Catalogo della Rinomata Raccolta di Importanti Maioliche Italiane Venduta per Incario del Proprietario Signor Guy G. Hannaford'. Sale Oct. 17, 1969, lot 48, Sotheby's of London, Firenze. Literature: For a similarly shaped and decorated albarello (but not from the same series) see Jeanne Giacomotti, 'Catalogue des Majoliques de Musees Nationaux', (Paris, 1974), p. 241, cat.789.This example is dated '1555.' and attributed to Castel Durante. See Rudolf E. A. Drey, 'Apothecary Jars', (London, 1978), p.222. According to Drey Philonium Romanum is a '..polypharmaceutical preparation made from opium and other ingredients. Used in the relief of pain and to induce sleep. Named after Philon of Tarsus (first century B.C.), a physician.'

A late 16th century Deruta or Castel Durante maiolica albarello, of waisted cylindrical form, painted with a pharmacy badge inscribed 'SL/M' above a polychrome painted leaf sprigged scroll inscribed with 'VNoC.SANDAii'. 18cm high

A Castel Durante or Pesaro maiolica albarello, 2nd half of the 16th century, of double gourd cylindrical form, decorated in blue, green, yellow and orange with trailing green leaves, with a pharmacy badge 'EA/V' above a scroll inscribed 'Dia PRVNis SIMpe'. 19.5 cm high. Literature: See Rudolf E. A. Drey 'Apothecary Jars', (London, 1978), p.198 and p.231 for information about contents. See Julia E. Poole, 'Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge', (Cambidge, 1995), p.302, cat 373, for a pharmacy bottle with similar distinctive foliage decoration and scroll terminal.

A 16th century Castel Durante or central Italian maiolica albarello, dated 1566, of shouldered cylindrical form, polychrome painted with an oval panel and central drug label 'AD.PRVIS', (odeps prunus - prune grease), with a frame containing panels of trophies and with bold scrolling foliage to the reverse, one trophy dated 1566. 19.5cm high. Notes: For inscription see E.A Drey, 'Apothecary Jars', (London 1978), p186, p196

An early 17th century Italian maiolica armorial albarello. Possibly from Deruta, of cylindrical double gourd form, polychrome painted with an armorial above a scroll inscribed in blue 'VN.Di APOSTOLo RV' with an angel's head below and with a bird, flowers and scrolling foliage, 20cm high. Notes: See Rudolph E.A Drey, 'Apothecary Jars' (London 1978) p186 and p228 for description of contents: This ointment was 'named after the twelve ingredients from which it was prepared...Used in treatment of wounds and ulcers'.

A late 18th century central Italian maiolica albarello, dated 1791, of slightly waisted cylindrical form, polychrome painted with a rectangular panel with an urn of flowers and dated to the reverse '1791', 22.5cm. Literature: See Bernard Rackham, 'Catalogue of Italian Maiolica with emendations and additional bibliography' by J.V.G. Mallet, (London, 1977), cat. 1287, pl. 204, p.421, for an identical albarello also dated '1791' and possibly from the same series.

A 16th century Montelupo maiolica albarello, circa 1530-40, of slightly waisted cylindrical form decorated with a scroll label inscribed 'DiANBRA' (made from Ambergris) above an urn and with resist daisy heads and incised scrolling showing the white tin-glaze beneath. 17.5cm high. Literature: see Rudolf E. A. Drey, 'Apothecary Jars', (London, 1978), p. 198 for references to the contents. See Fausto Berti, 'Storia della Cermica di Montelupo', Volume terzo - ceramiche da farmacia, pavimenti maiolicati e produzioni "minori", (Montelupo Fiorentino, 1999), p.272 cat.83 for similar shaped and decorated albarello.

An early 17th century small maiolica albarello. Probably Deruta or Castel Durante, of double gourd form, painted with a figure of a saint below a bird crest, inscribed 'CALLIA MVCSCATA' (probably for 'galliae moschatae') on a scroll. 13cm high. Literature: See Rudolf E. A. Drey, 'Apothecary Jars', (London, 1978), p. 203 for contents: 'lozenges composed of aloë-wood, musk, ambergris, gum tragacanth and rose water. Used as a restorative.'. .

A small late 16th century maiolica albarello. Possibly Tuscan, of waisted cylindrical form, painted in dark blue with overlapping pointed leaves, with yellow line rims. 12cm high. Literature: See a similar example in Fausto Berti, 'Storia della Cermica di Montelupo', Volume terzo - ceramiche da farmacia, pavimenti maiolicati e produzioni "minori", (Montelupo Fiorentino, 1999), p.278, cat.99

An early 16th century Italian maiolica albarello, circa 1500-1525. Probably from Faenza, of cylindrical form, blue, yellow, orange and green painted with a scroll inscribed 'Dia Maluahi' with a star above and pharmacy label 'CA/G' below, decorated allover with trophies and scrolling foliage, three after fired scratch marks and symbols on the base. 16.5cm high

A 16th century Castelli maiolica albarello, 1545-60. Possibly Pompei workshop, of waisted cylindrical form, painted in blue, yellow, orange and green with a profile bust of a bearded balding man within a panel on a scrolling foliate ground with the inscription 'Conte Pru', with simple spirals and a central plant form in blue on the reverse, 21.5cm high

A large late 14th/early 15th century Hispano Moresque maiolica albarello. Malaga or Manises, of cylindrical form, painted with bands of Arabic script and various panels in gold lustre and blue (damages), 32.5cm high. Purchased from Habib Anavian, 1945 Madison Avenue, New York.

A late 17th/early 18th century Spanish Talavera maiolica albarello, of slightly waisted cylindrical form, decorated in blue with a diagonal panel inscribed 'S.DEMEIMO' and surrounded by scrolling foliage, 20.5cm high. Literature: Rudolf E. A. Drey, 'Apothecary Jars', (London, 1978), p. 146, pl. 75B

A Hispano Moresque Valencia (Narbonne) maiolica albarello, second half of the 16th century, of tall cylindrical form painted with an allover leaf design in ruby lustre and blue (damages). 27.5cm high. Literature: See Rudolph E.A Drey, 'Apothecary Jars', (London 1978) p141, cat 72B

A Sicilian maiolica albarello, probably Caltagirone, the waisted form painted in shades of blue, green, ochre and yellow with a stylized floral motif amidst incised scrolls, 17th century, minor glaze chipping, 25cm.