18th.Century Italian Maiolica Albarello V. Deffensiu Savona Circa.1700 AE Halliwell Pencil study of a young

Pencil study of a young woman reading a letter

Watercolour drawing Circa

including the first editions of Muriel Spark's The Ballad of Peckham Rye and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Reynolds original painting is in The Wallace Collection

Black chalk heightened with white on pale blue laid paper

18th.Century Italian Maiolica Albarello V. Deffensiu Savona Circa.1700 AE Halliwell Pencil study of a youngEarly 18th. Century Italian Maiolica Albarello Drug Jar, Savona Circa. 1700. Of dumb bell form, inscribed in manganese. V deffensiu. 18 cms high. Crack to lower body and loss of glaze to inside of base, to no real detriment. Unguentum Deffensivum translates from Latin medical terminology as a defensive ointment or protective salve. Historically, this formulation was prepared by apothecaries to cool inflammation, treat skin irritations, and protect