CIRCA 1720, PROBABLY LONDON

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A SET OF FIVE ENGLISH DELFT PILL-JARS
CIRCA 1720, PROBABLY LONDON
Each of conventional form, named for ·TDECARABE·, ·TROCH.ALKEK·, P·L:COCHÆMINO, ·TROCH.CAPPAR· and ·P··RUSSY·, each within and elongated shaped rectangular label surmounted by a basket flanked by birds, the label supported by a winged mask suspending swags of flowers (some minor restoration)
About 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high (5)

Provenance

Ira and Nancy Koger; Sotheby's, New York, 24 October 1998, lot 1045.

Literature

Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D403.

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Lot Essay

T.DE CARBAE: a lozenge or tablet of Carabe or amber.
TROCH ALKEK: Trochiscus or lozenge of Alkekengi, the Winter Cherry Physalis Alkekengi.
PL.COCHIÆ MINO: Cocciae, pilulae which are purgative pills composed of Scammony, Closynth and other ingredients.
TROCH.CAPPAR: a lozenge of Capparis or capers, made from the flower buds of the shrub Capparis spinosa.
P.RUSSY: Rufi, pilulae, anti-pestilential pills containing Socorta Aloes, Myrhh and Saffron, named after Rufus of Ephesus, a first century A.D. anatomist and physician.

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