Lot 10
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Two Lambeth delft blue and white wet-drug-jars
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Two Lambeth delft blue and white wet-drug-jars

CIRCA 1780

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Two Lambeth delft blue and white wet-drug-jars
Circa 1780
Each of globular form with short flared spout and spreading conical foot, named for S:PECTOR and S:RHEI. within strapwork cartouches with a shell and winged angels and flowers above and a winged angel's head suspencing a tassel flanked by stylised garlands of flowers (both with rim chips and some flaking, the first with extensive crazing to glaze, the second with extended crack round body and through the label)
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

S.PECTOR may refer to a salve or syrup used in the treatment of chest ailments; S.RHEI may refer to Rhea, meaning poppy, and which might have been a sleep-aiding medecine. See Rudolf A. Drey, Apothecary Jars (London, 1978).

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