A pair of small Dutch Delft blue and white pedestal apothecary jars

18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DE GRIEKSCHE A

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A pair of small Dutch Delft blue and white pedestal apothecary jars
18th Century, probably de Grieksche A
The cylindrical body decorated with a huge Laub und Bandelwerk cartouche; one inscribed with C Violarum and the other with P Mercuria, surmounted by a flowerbasket flanked by perched birds and a winged cherub's head underneath
15cm. high (2)

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C. Violarum for violet extract
P. Mercuria for mercury extract

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