Two Late 19thC Glass Apothecary Bottles with Painted Gold Banners for Chalk and Muskroot

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Two Late 19thC Glass Apothecary Bottles with Painted Gold Banners for Chalk and MuskrootOrigin: English Period: Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1875 The Larger: Circumference: 12 inches Height: 9 inches The Smaller: Circumference: 10 inches Height: 7. 5 inches Beautiful examples in fine order, having working square cut stoppers. Original labels read CRETAE. PPT: and TR: SUMBUL: hand painted in black over gold banners. There is some wear to the paint, though structurally the pieces are sound. The larger would have bore

with an Art Nouveau influenced design

The ship rocks gently back and forth as if it is at sea

with the hard-hitting copy

Well proportioned

Fallow deer were prized as ornamental species and were protected in Royal Hunting "Forests" for royal sport

Introduced in 1886

Width: 245cms / 8 feet

and was also a craft expertly employed by Native Americans centuries before

are familiarly described as Bokhara rugs

highly individual stoppers

A pretty little rectangular box

is the creation of ornaments using the coloured sands layered in vials and jars