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A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL PILL-TILE
Lot 130 SYD LEVETHAN: THE LONGRIDGE COLLECTION

A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL PILL-TILE

SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

Closed22 January 2021

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A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL PILL-TILE
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Painted with the arms of the Society of Apothecaries flanked by unicorrn supporters above the motto 'ODIFER QUEPER ORBEM DICOR', pierced for hanging
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high

With Jonathan Horne, London.

Specialist note


For a similar example with unicorn supporters, see J. Horne, English Pottery and Related Works of Art, London, 2003, p. 15, cat. no. 02/11.