Lot Essay
Cf. the example sold in these Rooms on 27 February 1989, lot 22
BRITISH CERAMICS
DELFTWARE AND POTTERY
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE SHIELD-SHAPED PILL-SLAB painted with the arms of The Worshipful Company of Apothecaries above the motto OPIFER.QUE.PER.ORBEM.DICOR, pierced for hanging (broken into three and repaired, chips, glaze flaking and restorations to edges), late 17th century
Details
A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE SHIELD-SHAPED PILL-SLAB painted with the arms of The Worshipful Company of Apothecaries above the motto OPIFER.QUE.PER.ORBEM.DICOR, pierced for hanging (broken into three and repaired, chips, glaze flaking and restorations to edges), late 17th century
30cm. high
30cm. high