Lot 50
50
A DRUG JAR AND COVER

Details
A DRUG JAR AND COVER
BASSANO, CIRCA 1785

Of fluted balustre form, painted in green, yellow, blue, ochre and manganese, the slightly domed cover and berry finial with a band of berries, the jar labelled in Gothic script possibly for Lans.Sydan. Sal. between floral garlands, the underside inscribed in red with Sackler number 79.5.18 (cover cracked in two and restored, finial stem restored, foortrim with test drill holes)--8 7/8
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby & Co., London, February 14, 1978, lot 65
With Cyril Humphris

Lot Essay

Sold with thermoluminescence certificate 381r62 dated December 1985 from the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, stating that the sample tested was last fired less than 120 years ago (1865-1885). However, as the assumed period of manufacture is only 200 years ago, the accuracy of the test must be questioned.