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Lot 6

Two Italian maiolica pharmacy jars, end 17th century

31 January 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £812.50 inc. premium

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Two Italian maiolica pharmacy jars, end 17th century

Comprising a Savona albarello painted in blue with a figure of St. James and a crowned cipher, probably for the Carthusian Order, 21cm high, crowned shield mark, and a Syrup jar, possibly Paduan, painted in colours with a figure of St Anthony and a drug label 'Sy: Di ERIS:mo', 21.5cm high (2)

Footnotes

A very similar Savona albarello is in the Museum of the History of Science, no.43090. The syrup jar probably contained an extract of Hedge Mustard (Erysimum).

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