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THREE ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DRUG-JARS
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THREE ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DRUG-JARS

1700-1750

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THREE ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DRUG-JARS
1700-1750
Comprising: a wet drug-jar named for S:E:CIC:C:RHAB within a shaped cartouche surmounted by birds flanked by foliage, a cherub's head and garlands below, short spout, loop handle, spreading foot; a cylindrical dry drug-jar named for MANN:COM. on a banner surmounted by a sunburst and flanked by fruit, flowers and scrolls; and a wet drug-jar named for SYR. e SPIN: C: within a shaped cartouche surmounted by birds and a basket of fruit flanked by foliage, a cherub's head and garlands below, short spout and spreading foot (rim chipping and flaking)
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.), 7 in. (18 cm.) and 7½ in. (19 cm.) high (3)
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Lot Essay

Cf. Briony Hudson, English Delftware Drug Jars in the Collection of the Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (London, 2006), p. 187, no. 154 for the first, and p. 174, no. 141 for the third.

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