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A London delft pill jar Circa 1740-60.
8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,020 inc. premium
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Circa 1740-60.
Of cylindrical form, inscribed 'P:COCHIAE' within a strapwork cartouche surmounted by a shell flanked by two winged putti, an angel head below, 9cm high (some fine cracks and patches of glaze loss)
Of cylindrical form, inscribed 'P:COCHIAE' within a strapwork cartouche surmounted by a shell flanked by two winged putti, an angel head below, 9cm high (some fine cracks and patches of glaze loss)
Footnotes
The jar would have held 'Cocciae, pilulae' a purgative containing aloes, scammony and colocynth. Two similar examples from the John Philip Kassebaum Collection were sold at Sotheby's, 7 October 1992, lots 69 and 70
