Lot Essay
Conserva Genistae or boom herb was a diuretic made from leaves and stems of the broom plant.
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1694
Details
A LONDON DELFT DATED BLUE AND WHITE DRUG-JAR
1694
Of cylindrical form with spreading circular foot, named for C:GENISTAE: on a rectangular label with two peacocks and foliage flanking Apollo's head above and a cockerel flanked by the date 1694, with tasselled swags of fruit and flowers suspended from a mask below
7 7/8 in. (19.7 cm.) high
1694
Of cylindrical form with spreading circular foot, named for C:GENISTAE: on a rectangular label with two peacocks and foliage flanking Apollo's head above and a cockerel flanked by the date 1694, with tasselled swags of fruit and flowers suspended from a mask below
7 7/8 in. (19.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Thomas Burn, Rous Lench Court; Sotheby's London, 1 July 1986, lot 3.
Literature
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D404.
Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, p. 385, no. 1659A.
Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, p. 385, no. 1659A.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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