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8. RIGA BALSAM PONTILLED MEDICINE. 3.6ins tall. Clear/ lead glass, octagonal base, flattened bulbous body with narrowing neck & rolled lip. Embossed ‘HEN/ Y/ PYNE/ WHITE CHAPPEL’ to front, ‘‘GENUINE/ RIGA BALSAM’ to rear. Base pontil. Delightfully crude, body bubbles, amber swirl in neck area. An important, previously
unrecorded, early London medicine. Exc. (10/10) NR £400-600+
Henry Pyne was a Chemist & Druggist at 11 Whitechapel trading at least as early as 1793. Riga Balsam is now associated with a liqueur but it was first advertised as “efficacious
[sic] in green wounds, bruises, strains and rheumatic complaints”. (1800). Imported loz- enge shaped Riga Balsam bottles with the name embossed to a small seal attached
below the neck are regular favourites with collectors but this is the only known British made bottle.
Previous lozenge Riga Balsam variants sold by BBR Auctions Best - July 2009 lot 175 clear close up of seal ‘RIGA / BALSAM / F.C.W...’* Oct 2013 lot 276, April 2012 lot
215, Oct 2005 lot 119
9. HULL SLAB SEALED FLASK. 11ins tall. Oval shape base flask with bulbous body tapering to narrow top, featuring double collar lip. Grey green slip glaze - superb colour. Applied front cut out slab impressed ‘G EVANS/ 14 LOW GATE/ HULL’. Minute base flakes. Ex Brian White Collection. (9/10) Exc/ A1. NR £250-300+
10. LONDON BEER JUG. 7.5 ins tall. Two tone bulbous bodied stoneware jug, loop side handle, top section features concentric raised rings, repeated at bottom. Black transfer each side ‘With/
E Collinson’s/ Compliments/ The Victory/ Lower Richmond Rd/ Putney.’ (Pub still standing - larger image on easyliveauction.com). Exc/ A1. (9/10) NR £60-80+
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