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A London delftware apothecary syrup jar, dated 1690 image 1
A London delftware apothecary syrup jar, dated 1690 image 2
A London delftware apothecary syrup jar, dated 1690 image 3
Offered in support of Art Fund
Lot 78

A London delftware apothecary syrup jar, dated 1690

15 April 2025, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £16,640 inc. premium

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A London delftware apothecary syrup jar, dated 1690

The globular body raised on a spreading foot, applied with a strap handle and a spout with an annular knop, painted in blue with a bold strapwork label inscribed 'S:TUSSILAGIN', and dated '1690' below a fleur-de-lys flanked by pendent tassels, 17.7cm high

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Provenance
Bishop Nugent Hicks
J W Giles, Sotheby's, 24 October 1972, lot 83
With Jonathan Horne, 1978
Graham Slater Collection

Illustrated by Lipski and Archer, Dated English Delftware (1984), p.384, fig.1658A where this is listed alongside six further jars from the same dated set. A total of four syrup jars and three dry drug jars are recorded in Lipski and Archer as nos. 1658 A-F. Dated drug jars bearing this very rare label span a date range 1667-1677 and this seems to have been reintroduced in 1690 for the present, important set. See also the syrup jar with angel's head label also inscribed 'S:TVSSILAGIN', lot 79 in this sale.

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