English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13 Oct 2009

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A matched pair of delftware dry drug jars

£1,000 - £2,000

£1,100

A matched pair of delftware dry drug jars, painted with cherubs holding flowers above scrolled cartouches bearing the inscriptions 'BALS:LOCAT' and 'C:AURANT', 18th century, a hole to the base of one, 19cm. (2) Balsamum Locatelli is an ointment to cure ulcers named after the Italian physician that created it; Conserve of Aurantium is essentially a type of bitter marmalade used to soothe gastric complaints.

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