English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13 Oct 2009

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An unusual delftware small drug or pill jar

£300 - £500 £620

An unusual delftware small drug or pill jar, painted with a cartouche of songbirds and a fruit basket above garlands issuing from angels around the inscription, P:HIER:CUM:A, 18th century, extensively broken and repaired, 9cm. Hiera cum agaricus was a purgative electuary containing mushrooms.

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