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A fine late 18th early
19th C Italian maiolica apothecary jar with a crest
showing 'Di rosso
alla banda d’argento, con il capo d’oro, carico di
un’aquila di nero armata di rosso' the arms of
the Piemontese family of Pejla, counts of Avuglione. See
link to heraldic site
here. The lid is inscribed "En Veneris"
which is Ens of Venus, a chemical prepared from a
mixture of Colcothar (the brownish-red ferric oxide
left over after heating Green Vitriol, that is Iron
Sulphate) and Sal Ammoniac (Ammonium Chloride)
sublimed until it became yellow. Possibly a mixture of
ferrous and ferric chlorides. With thanks and credit for research
to
Stephen Plowman and Joseph McMillan (heraldry) and
to
Adam Mclean (alchemy). High 230 mm Wide 110
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