TWO APOTHECARY LABELS - Lot 25

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TWO APOTHECARY LABELS - Lot 25
TWO APOTHECARY LABELS Venice, 18th century Printed, hand-painted colors, Madonna and Child between two winged lions, text in Ottoman Turkish on either side indicating an ointment (ma'jun), each image framed. Size: 7 x 10 cm (each on view). These are ointment labels produced for a Venetian pharmacy (spezieria "Alla Madonna"), probably one of the many pharmacies whose products were destined for the Ottoman Empire. An identical example is in the Wellcome Trust, London (inv. 30732i.).
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