A TIN GLAZED APOTHECARY JAR, TEA OR COFFEE CANISTER

A TIN GLAZED APOTHECARY JAR, TEA OR COFFEE CANISTER

LATE 18TH CENTURY

of square section, inscribed 'fernandes in dukes Place' inside scrolling foliate borders, inscribed '2' to the base

19cm high

Catalogue Note

A similar jar was sold at Bonhams London, Fine British Pottery and Porcelain, 10 December 2008, lot 10, where it was noted that 'Duke's Place' may refer to a street in Aldgate, London. This lot, or a very similar jar, is now held at the Jewish Museum, London, accession number 2008.115. The name ‘Fernandes’ may refer to the family of Solomon Fernandes Nunes, a merchant known to have lived in the nearby parish of St Andrew Undershaft.