TWO DUTCH DELFT TOBACCO JARS
18TH CENTURY
Auction: Day Two | Thurs 4th Sept at 10am | Lots 403 to 727
Description
comprising a Van Duijn jar inscribed ‘BRASIELIE' and a jar inscribed ‘DUINKERKE’, within similar elaborate scrolled cartouches surmounted with a vase of flowers, one jar with an associated brass cover, both on associated pierced hardwood stands; one jar marked V Duijn, the other marked B:P 6; together with TWO ITALIAN WET DRUG JARS, one of globular form on a round foot, inscribed ‘Aq. Vrtici.’, below mask and scroll decoration, the other of ovoid form inscribed ‘Aq di portular’, decorated with birds and foliage (4)
Dimensions
tobacco jar 27.5cm high (not including stand and cover), tallest wet drug jar 25cm high
Provenance
The Estate of Peter D R Powell, East Lothian