Lot Essay
C:Rosar:Rubr: for compositum or composition of red roses
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1758-1764, MARKED IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITH D ABOVE 41 FOR JAN THEUNIS DEXTRA AT DE GRIEKSCHE A MANUFACTORY
Details
a large dutch delft blue and white apothecary albarello
1758-1764, marked in underglaze blue with D above 41 for Jan Theunis Dextra at De Grieksche A manufactory
The white-ground cylindrical body decorated with two winged cherubs, one holding a snake around a salve-spatula (aesculapius) and the other with a retort, with a banderole suspended between them and inscribed with C:Rosar:Rubr:, with pinched based and rounded shoulders, (cracks and chips)
29cm. high
1758-1764, marked in underglaze blue with D above 41 for Jan Theunis Dextra at De Grieksche A manufactory
The white-ground cylindrical body decorated with two winged cherubs, one holding a snake around a salve-spatula (aesculapius) and the other with a retort, with a banderole suspended between them and inscribed with C:Rosar:Rubr:, with pinched based and rounded shoulders, (cracks and chips)
29cm. high
Literature
c.f. Lothian,A., Dutch drug jars and their marks, The alchemist, part 16, August 1952, p. 216 - Lothian thinks that the cherubs are Panacea and Hygiea, the daughters of Aesculap,
Wittop Koning, D.A., Delftse apothekerspotten Deventer 1954, p. 94, ill. 54, for a similar albarello,
Wittop Koning, D.A., Apothekerspotten uit de Nederlanden, Utrecht 1991, p. 55, ill. 79 and pp. 61-62
Wittop Koning, D.A., Delftse apothekerspotten Deventer 1954, p. 94, ill. 54, for a similar albarello,
Wittop Koning, D.A., Apothekerspotten uit de Nederlanden, Utrecht 1991, p. 55, ill. 79 and pp. 61-62