A LARGE DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE APOTHECARY JAR WITH COVER, decorated with a large Laub und Bandelwerk cartouche inscribed S VIOLAR above a winged cherub's head with suspending swags, surmounted by a fruitbasket on a grotesque head, flanked by two peacocks, the shoulders and base with a large border of scrolling foliage, the copper cover with baluster finial (the neck repaired), circa 1690

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A LARGE DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE APOTHECARY JAR WITH COVER, decorated with a large Laub und Bandelwerk cartouche inscribed S VIOLAR above a winged cherub's head with suspending swags, surmounted by a fruitbasket on a grotesque head, flanked by two peacocks, the shoulders and base with a large border of scrolling foliage, the copper cover with baluster finial (the neck repaired), circa 1690
circa 37.5 cm high

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Provenance

Collection Dr. van Hengel, Arnhem, Sale Mak van Waay, Februari 3,
1948

Literature

D.A. Wittop Koning, Delftse Apothekerspotten, p. 48, for a discussion about this jar.

Lot Essay

C.f R.E.A. Drey, Apothecary jars, p. 125, plate 64D for a bottle with similar decoration, dated 1690.

S Violar for syrup of violets, petals, leaves and seeds used.

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