Maiolica jars bring some magic to Salisbury
The ceramics sale at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on April 30 includes two maiolica apothecary jars and covers from the celebrated Fortuna series – an ambitious suite of pharmacy jars and jugs made in the third quarter of the 16th century.
Common to each piece is the central ‘Venus’ figure, surrounded by trophies of arts and music, thou…