Pair Antique 18thC Italian Majolica Pottery Portrait Vases Apothecary Jars 1700 Paintings as an art dealer and

as an art dealer and auctioneer but also by speculating in tulips (he was the last known victim of the tulip mania of the 1630s) and real estate

and attended the University of Oregon where he received a BS in art in 1919

each drawer with applique panels

by Robert Mitchell

Pair Antique 18thC Italian Majolica Pottery Portrait Vases Apothecary Jars 1700 Paintings as an art dealer andA good pair of antique early 18th century Italian majolica portrait apothecary Jars, Venice, circa 1700. The jars of baluster form with a cobalt blue glaze, hand painted with foliate and flowers, the rim and foot having yellow glaze. Each jar is hand painted with an 18th century portrait of a male figure, each on a yellow ground, both jars with twin handles. Both jars with the pottery maker's mark to the base, condition of both jars is very good, no