A Wonderful Early 18thC Delftware Dry Drug Jar; For Ointment of Nicotiana sub-Curios and is framed and glazed

and is framed and glazed in a contemporary black frame with an inset border

the whole with the original elephant grey paint

especially for portraits

The hinged oak collectors case with hanging hook and buff coloured interior housing a collection of predominantly butterflies but also a beetle and two dragonfly specimens

A Wonderful Early 18thC Delftware Dry Drug Jar; For Ointment of Nicotiana sub-Curios and is framed and glazedOrigin: English Period: Early Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1720 40 Circumference: 19. 5 inches (at maximum) Height: 7. 75 inches The delftware drug or ointment jar typically painted in blue depicting two birds either side of a decorated cartouche consisting of a basket of fruit above the inscription 'U: NICOTIAN,' surviving from the first half of the eighteenth century. The condition of the vessel is fair. There are several losses