Written on the front of the pitcher is:
Restaurante
Antigua Casa
Sno De
Botin
1725
Cuchilleros 17
Madrid
A little history about the restaurant: The restaurant Botín is located just off Madrid's Plaza Mayor in calle Cuchilleros (knife makers street). Botín is written of in Hemingway's 'The Sun Also Rises' and was one of his favorite restaurants, hence its popularity amongst tourists. The Guinness Book of records lists it as the oldest restaurant in the world (1725, the building dates from 1590) and it is said that the painter Goya actually worked as a dishwasher....
Considerable crazing due to its age and some firing imperfections, which is common with majolica glaze. Loss/chip of green glaze at rim...
In fair condition for it's age...from the early 1900's
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