English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13 Oct 2009

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An unusual delftware dry drug jar

£500 - £1,000

£3,200

An unusual delftware dry drug jar, painted with a flying wyvern beneath a shell and fruit topped cartouche titled 'C:ABSINTH:R', late 17th / early 18th century, 18cm. The Museum of London holds a collection of 24 drug jars which feature a flying wyvern, and possibly relate to the arms of the Apothecaries Society which feature Apollo (the god of healing) killing Python as the dragon of disease.

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