Anyone know anything about Alborellos/albarellos - antique apothecary jars/ catholic heraldry? [View all]

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Found this at a thrift store.




Cremor indicates that it held cream of tartar.

I learned that it's an alborella/albarello, and the design on it is ecclesiastical heraldry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical_heraldry

I can't find any information on who the heraldry belongs to - and can't locate any yellow galero heraldry at all.

I have only found one other example online of an albarello with such heraldry, and it's a different type of clay.

https://www.rubylane.com/item/61838-1078532x20TR-00229/An-18th-century-Mex78ican-Colonial-Talavera

Anyone here familiar with this type of pottery?