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Pharmacists - 1970s - Sign - Ceramic, Enamel
Ceramic decorative piece (maiolica) for a pharmacy, composed of hand-painted tiles with a cross, a caduceus at the center, and the Latin inscriptions "DIVINUM EST OPUS" and "SEDARE DOLOREM" Cross decorated in red and brown with at the center a stylized yellow-winged caduceus. It bears the famous Latin maxim attributed to Hippocrates or Galen: "Divinum est opus sedare dolorem" (It is a divine task to ease pain) Material: glazed ceramic Tracked shipping
Estimate:£75.84
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