LOT 196 An English delftware apothecary syrup jar, dated 1666
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An English delftware apothecary syrup jar, dated 1666
Globular on a spreading foot, applied with a turned nozzle and a strap handle with a slight thumbrest, painted in blue with an Angel Head cartouche, inscribed 'S:DE:PRASSIO', the date 1666 with a curlicue below, 16cm high
|Provenance:Syd Levethan, Longridge Collection, Christie's sale 25 May 2011, lot 155Literature:Illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, the Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware (2000), fig.D398. Mentioned by Lipski and Archer, Dated English Delftware (1984), p373, fig.1615B. Also illustrated by Deborah Scott, 'English Apothecary Jars' The Antique Collector January 1985, p.55, fig.4. Four other jars from the same set are recorded by Lipski and Archer, op.cit., figs.1615-1615D. These were presumably made for a pharmacy in London operating in the wake of the Great Plaque. Their set of jars survived the fire that ravaged London in the year inscribed on each vessel. Syrup of Prassio, prepared from the leaves of white horehound, was used to treat sore throats and chest conditions.
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