An Italian maiolica berettino syrup or wet drug jar mid 17th century

An Italian maiolica berettino syrup or wet drug jar mid 17th century, Rome or Venice, the globular body painted in blue with a blank cartouche within scrolling floral and foliate borders, with a short straight spout and strap handle, a long body crack, 20cm.

Paper label for John W A Preston-Jackson, MPS Chemist, St Mary Cray (Kent). Mr Preston-Jackson was elected to the Society of Chemist Opticians in 1906, and was in occasional correspondence with The Chemist and Druggist magazine until his death in 1948.