English Delftware dispensing pot or pharmacy jar

An image of Dispensing Pot/Drug Pot. Southwark Pottery, probably. English Delftware. Buff earthenware, tin-glazed except for the base, height, whole, 6.2 cm, diameter, whole, 4.6 cm, circa 1625-1650.

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Dispensing Pot/Drug Pot. Southwark Pottery, probably. English Delftware. Buff earthenware, tin-glazed except for the base, height, whole, 6.2 cm, diameter, whole, 4.6 cm, circa 1625-1650.

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Accession Number: C.7-1901
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 783 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 670.48kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2012:05:11 14:09:36

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17th Century albarello Delftware dispensing pot drug pot earthenware English Delftware Fitz_AA glazed jar pharmaceutical pharmacy jar Southwark Pottery Stewart Period Stuart Period tin-glazed

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