Pair of Glass Pharmacy Jars

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Pair of Glass Pharmacy Jars, by Tissier, Paris, the first for Aloe Socc., with reverse-painted cartouche of the plant in a mountain setting, within gilt eglomise of wheat sheaves, acorns and acanthus leaves topped with a snake's head on celadon-gray ground, the second for Digitalis with cartouche of the flower and eglomise of snakes and acanthus leaves, on peach-colored ground, both with lids, ht. 28 in.
Estimate $3,000-4,000

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