Join our email list
Be the first to know about special offers
Description
Shipping
This hand-painted Italian Majolica "Bevi Poco" puzzle jug features classic Renaissance-style grotesques and foliage scrolling.
An charming piece of traditional Italian faience pottery, this hand painted Majolica earthenware jug displays vibrant, Renaissance inspired decoration featuring winged grotesques, scrolling foliage, and floral garlands set against a bright tin glazed white background.
The front face features a central yellow cartouche framed by leaves reading "BEVI POCO" (Drink Little), an Italian maxim common on traditional wine and spirit vessels.
Features an ornamental twisted rope design around the spout collar leading to a forward-facing cylindrical drinking nozzle/spout, along with a strong, green-painted braided strap handle.
Intricately hand-painted on all sides with vivid cobalt blue, ochre yellow, burnt orange, and copper green tin-glazes.
Condition: Good antique condition showing authentic signs of age appropriate for hand-thrown earthenware, including minor glaze wear/fretting around the rim edge and base, and natural unglazed terracotta showing on the underside base.
All orders are professionally packed and processed within 1–4 business days. Orders are not shipped on weekends or holidays.
All orders are tracked and signed for.
Postage prices are depending on order weight, we try to keep postage down as much as possible.
