An Italian maiolica wet drug jar, possibly Venetian, 17th century, of bulbous form with a small spout and vertical handle, decorated with a portrait cartouche to each side on a blue ground with foliate decoration, 23.5 cm high. Provenance: Collection of the late Arthur Lane, Keeper of the Department of Ceramics, Victoria and Albert Museum: 1950-1963. Thence by direct descent