CRUCHE TRILOBÉE, AVEC ANSE POSTÉRIEURE EN FORME DE RUBAN

H. 35 cm.
Dm. foot 14,8 cm.
Majolica.
Cafaggiolo, c. 1515.
Prov.: formerly Rothschild coll. (?)
Condition: fragmentary, reconstructed, with pictorial retouchings.
Inv. n. 21117/c.

On the front is a bust portrait of Pope Leo X, facing left, flanked by the monograme "LO" (surmonted by an Omega) and "X" (for Leo X); on the sides and the back of the body of the jug there is an «alla porcellana» motif and below the handle is the monogramme "SP", attributed to the workshop known as "Bottega del Fattorini"; the piece is connected to the production commissioned by the Medici Grand Duke and made by artists working in the workshops of Cafaggiolo.