Lot 60
60
AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DATED DRUG JAR
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AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DATED DRUG JAR

1668

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AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DATED DRUG JAR
1668
Oviform, named for E.LENITIVVM on a scrolling ribbon above the date 1668, surmounted by a winged angel's head and with fluttering pennants below (minor chipping to rim)
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

The label refers to electuarium lenitivum, an electuary having a mild purgative action and made from senna, tamarind pulp, polypody rhizome, liquorice and other ingredients.

A drug jar, also dated 1668 and with identical decorative elements is illustrated by Louis Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, p. 374, no. 1622.

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