A large Italian (perhaps Sicilian) two-handled renaissance lead glaze wet drug or water jar in a yellow pigment derived from lead-antimony, an ochre color known as Naples Yellow. The pottery of Maiolica derived its name from the medieval Italian word for Majorca, an island on the route for ships bringing Hispano-Moresque wares from Valencia in Spain. The bulbous body and twisted handles can be seen on 15th-century pots in the Metropolitan Museum New York collection of Italian lead-glazed pottery. Since this piece is not painted it is probably an early or rustic pot. One of the rope twist handles has a spout in the handle. There are two loops for rope attachments. An exceptional survivor.

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