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Pharmacy jar

This jar once sat quietly in a display case in St John’s Gate, in a poor state of repair following an accident in Malta. It was examined by experts in 2019 and from the style and quality of the piece they were able to attribute it to celebrated craftsman Maestro Domenico. The following year it was carefully conserved.

This object is on display

Object type: Ceramics
Date: Production: 1560 - 1570
Maker: Maestro Domenico (c.1520 - 1568-1574)
Subject(s): Hospitals
Knights of Malta
Medicine
Dimensions: Height: 363mm
Diameter: 357mm
Circumference: 1125mm
Materials and technique: Tin-glazed earthenware
Production place: Venice
Italy
References: Rapisarda, Alberto Filippo. "Le ceramiche siciliane del Museum of the Order of St. John di Londra."Archivio Storico per la Sicilia Orientale 4, no. 1 (2020): 170-178.
Credit line: Bequest of Mrs Blanche Linton Orman, 1941
Catalogue number: 3524