Delft pill slab makes a heart-warming £53,000
UK: A heart-shaped London delft pill slab of c.1660-70, 12 x 10in (30 x 25cm), painted in blue, ochre and turquoise with the arms of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries.
Pill slabs are thought to have been used for grinding pills and for mixing ointments, though their p…