A pair of Pesaro maiolica armorial syrup jars and covers, Casali e Callegari factory, around 1763-1816

with inscriptions "Aqua di cardo santo" and "Aqua di scorzo nero" against a ground of boldly painted grotesque birds and figures in a bright late compendiario palette,  the cover and spout with a small double-headed eagle bearing an armorial shield

The jar in the left of the illustration: The cover has four rim chips, a section of the rim of the jar has been broken into four pieces and re-stuck, the spout is restored. The jar in the right of the illustration: There are areas of restoration to the rim of the cover. There is a triangular section to the rim which has been re-stuck resulting in a hairline crack.
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There exist many lesser examples of this type, mainly jugs and ewers, and clearly made over quite a period for export to Austria, and with  the arms of various families carried by the double-headed eagle; see J. Rasmussen, Italienische Majolika, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg,  p.320;  G.B.Ugolini, Ceramiche Pesaresi...,M.I.C., Faenza, pp. 263-265; and L.L.Loreti, Maioliche e Terraglie di Pesaro, pl.XLIII