Lot 19
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A VENICE WET-DRUG JAR
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A VENICE WET-DRUG JAR

MID-16TH CENTURY

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A VENICE WET-DRUG JAR
MID-16TH CENTURY
Of baluster form with a flat strap handle and slightly curved spout, painted in blue, yellow, ochre and green with scrolling fruiting foliage, the reverse with a label named for S · de · pomis (?) in blue gothic script, on a waisted circular foot with a band of blue crossed ornament (tip of spout restored, section of neck restored, restored chipping to upper rim and footrim)
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

See Rudolf Drey, Apothecary Jars (London, 1978), p. 224, where he describes a syrup which could once have been stored in this drug-jar; 'Pomis compositus Regis Saporis, syrupus de', a 'syrup having purgative action, prepared from senna leaves, borage, apple juice and other ingredients'.

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