Pair of English delftware syrup jars (albarelli with spouts)

A closely matched pair of tin-glazed earthenware syrup jars of baluster form on everted pedestal feet, each with strap handle opposite a short pouring spout. Painted in cobalt blue with elaborate baroque cartouches composed of dolphins, leafy scrolls and trophy devices, the panels inscribed in apothecaries’ Latin: “S • FLOR. PERSIC.” (syrup of peach blossom) and “S • DE … RADIC.” (a preparation “of the root”, the remainder lost under abrasion), with small putti and floral sprays beneath. The rims show the customary wiped band; the interiors are plain glazed.
Spouted delft syrup jars—sometimes called “museum” or “pharmacy” jars—were standard containers in late 17th-century English apothecaries’ shops for viscous cordials and syrups. The strongly modelled feet and the bold, strapwork cartouches belong to the high baroque vocabulary seen on London (Southwark/Lambeth) and Bristol wares in the final quarter of the century.
Condition
Expected wear and kiln speckling; flaking and touched-in chips to rims and footrims; one jar with old restoration and discoloration around the rim and to the foot; minor abrasions to the spouts. No later decoration.