Lot Essay
Unguentum Nervinum was and ointment for fortifying the nerves prepared by boiling southernwood, marjoram, mint, pennyroyal, rue and rosemary in neats-foot oil and beef suet.
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1722, PROBABLY LONDON
Details
AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DATED DRUG-JAR
1722, PROBABLY LONDON
Of conventional form, named for U/·NERVIN· within a scrolling banner label surounted by a winged mask, above the initials and date ·H·M·/1722 (restored to footrim)
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
1722, PROBABLY LONDON
Of conventional form, named for U/·NERVIN· within a scrolling banner label surounted by a winged mask, above the initials and date ·H·M·/1722 (restored to footrim)
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
W. Ambrose Harding, Lotheron Hall; Christie's, London, 10 October 1983, lot 4.
John Philip Kassebaum; Sotheby's, London, 7 October 1992, lot 49.
John Philip Kassebaum; Sotheby's, London, 7 October 1992, lot 49.
Literature
Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, pp.386-7, no. 1667.
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D400.
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D400.
Exhibited
Leeds Art Galleries, Leeds (Harding Loan).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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Jody Wilkie
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