Lambeth blue and white Delftware drug jars

Made:
1675-1725 in Lambeth

3 Lambeth blue and white Delft-ware, oviform drug jars, labelled, with borders of cherubs and flowered vines, with metal covers, English, late seventeenth to early eighteenth century

Details

Category:
Medical Ceramic-ware
Object Number:
1987-275
type:
drug jar
credit:
Christie's South Kensington Limited

Parts

English delftware drug jar

English delftware drug jar

English delftware drug jar, baluster shape with metal lid, decorated in blue and white with the cherub and shell design, labelled C:ROS:RUB. (conserve of red roses), 1680-1720

Measurements:
overall: 196 mm 152 mm, .98 kg
Materials:
ceramics
Object Number:
1987-275/1
type:
drug jars
English delftware drug jar

English delftware drug jar

English delftware drug jar, baluster shape with metal lid, many cracks and chips, decorated in blue and white with the cherub and shell design, labelled C:COCHLEAR ( conserve of scurvy grass), used to cure scurvy, 1680-1720

Measurements:
overall: 196 mm 159 mm, 1.12 kg
Materials:
ceramic and lid, metal
Object Number:
1987-275/2
type:
drug jars
English delftware drug jar

English delftware drug jar

English delftware drug jar, baluster shape, with metal lid, decorated in blue and white with the cherub and shell design labelled DIAC:CU:MAN. (Electuary of cassia with manna), 1680-1720

Measurements:
overall: 188 mm 145 mm, .94 kg
Materials:
ceramic and lid, metal
Object Number:
1987-275/3
type:
drug jars