AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE SMALL OINTMENT POT CIRCA 1810-20 |

of cylindrical form with a flaring rim, inscribed on the green-ground exterior with a French retailer's address 'LAUGIER/ Pere et Fils,/ Rue Bourg-l'abbé/ No 41. à Paris'.

Jonathan Horne, London, bearing label;
Vogel Collection no. NVN9

Jonathan Horne, A Collection of Early English Pottery, Part XX, no. 592

Rim chipping, and three chips to footrim. Could benefit from a light clean.
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The father and son partnership appear to have been established as Parfumeurs and Distillateurs in Paris in the early 19th century.