Theriaca 'Venice Triacle' Lead Box Lid

ITALY, VENICE, 17TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 in. (31 grams, 45 mm).

Discoid in plan with lip to underside, central low-relief motif of a laureate and draped Roman-style bust with a nimbate lion of St. Mark, within a band inscribed 'TERIACA F ALLA TESTA DORO IN VENET'; all within outer band containing laurel wreath.

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Published

Published in the article: Rooting Out Snakes And Fakes.

Footnotes

Theriaca or ‘Venice treacle’ was a medicinal compound used since the time of Mithradates VI of Pontus as an antidote against any poisonous bite.

CONDITION

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LOT 1984