£850
TWO LONDON DELFTWARE DRUG JARS, C1700 of ovoid shape, painted in dark blue apparently by the same hand with a strapwork label inscribed V. COMILISSAE or C: LOH: SAVAVC, a basket of fruit and two songbirds above, the mask beneath in full bottomed wig, three tassels and festoons, 19cm h
Provenance: Noticed by the former owner (with lot 193) at a local recycling depot in Devon and purchased from the attendant for £5; by whom sold Potbury's Auction Rooms, Sidmouth, May 25, 2010 (£560 to the present vendor)
Comitissae, Unguentum, is an ointment made from medlars, billberries and other ingredients and is said to be named after the Contessa di Vadra (15th century)
Both cracked and chipped with areas flaking, no restoration
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