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Lot 30

Two pharmacy jars and covers, 17th century

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £892.50 inc. premium

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Two pharmacy jars and covers, 17th century

Of thistle shape, on hollow compressed globular knops between collars over conical folded feet, the taller with a double-ogee shaped cover with a folded flange and knopped finial set on a collar, 17.9cm high, the shorter with a domed cover with a plain finial on a collar, 15.5cm high (4)

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Provenance
Lady 'Lili' Maria Elisabeth Augusta Cartwright (née von Sandizell)
Thence by descent to her son, William Cornwallis Cartwright, Aynhoe Park, Oxfordshire
Thence by family descent to the present owner

Jars and covers of very similar form are illustrated and discussed by Anna-Elisabeth Theuerkauff-Liederwald, Venezianisches Glas der Veste Coburg (1994), pp.237-9, nos.214-9.

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