Pair Antique 17th Century Spanish Blue & White Pottery Albarelli Apothecary Jars 1680 Sculpture Each urn having a cobalt

Each urn having a cobalt blue ground with a domed top lid mounted with an ormolu 'pineapple' finial

which led to imitators passing off their work as the Poveys'

The dial with twin winding arbors one for time & the other for the strike

stylistically his work compares to that of Emile Eugene Hebert (1828-1893) who also produced such Egyptian Revival sculptures

Frank Sauerwein was a respected painter of western landscapes

Pair Antique 17th Century Spanish Blue & White Pottery Albarelli Apothecary Jars 1680 Sculpture Each urn having a cobaltA very good pair of antique 17th century Spanish blue & white pottery albarelli or apothecary jars, circa 1680. From the 15th century onward cylindrical drug jars like this were used throughout Europe & Islamic countries in North Africa & the Near East, they were used for medicines and herbal remedies. This late 1600s pair of Spanish albarelli are of cylindrical waisted form and having a wide slightly flared mouth, each jar with a raised circular