TWO "POTS-CANON" OR PHARMACY POTS AND TWO COUVERCLES IN NEVERS FAIENCE FROM THE LATE 17th CENTURY Decorated in "fixed white" with a medallion formed by a plant garland and the inscription V.Ponipohix or Styrax.Liquide, surrounded by birds, the lid decorated with concentric fillets, one restored, the second with a restored foot, the lids restored; chips. Total height: 29 cm (11 ½ in.) Provenance: Bachelier Collection (1862-1947) and by descent ; Apothecary's shop at the Saint-Joseph hospital in Moulins, commissioned by the Duchess of Montmorency, circa 1645-48. Two Nevers faience 'pots-canon' or pharmacy jars and two covers, late 17th century On the Moulins apothecary, see L. Cotinat, "Vases de l'hopital de Saint Joseph de Moulins", in Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, T.XXVII, n°244, March 1980, pp. 11-14. For two other covered pots of the same shape and decoration, from the same pharmacy, see the sale at Mes Briest et Guérin, Collection Cotinat, Paris, 20 June 1997, lot 176.