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Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue below the spout with a ribbon bearing the drug name MELL: ROSA with below the initials and date H.H./1662
Buff earthenware tin-glazed and painted in blue. The jar has globular body with everted mouth, a short applied spout, and a strap handle wihich is grooved on the exterior and has a slight terminal. It stands on a hollow conical foot. The front bears a ribbon label inscribed ‘MELL.ROSA’ with below, ‘H.H/1662’
History note: Mr John Bowden, Wardour Street, London from whom bought for £4 or £5 in about 1898 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 19.4 cm
Height: 7 5/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, third quarter#
Charles II
Production date:
dated
AD 1662
The drug name is short for Mel Rosaceum or Mel Rosae (Honey of Roses), `which was used as a gargle for sore throats
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
( pigment derived from cobalt oxide)
Visible Surfaces
composed of
tin-glaze
Foot
Diameter 9.4 cm
Diameter 1 11/16 in
Body
Handle
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1328-1928
Primary reference Number: 71820
Old object number: 987
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Spouted pharmacy jar" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71820 Accessed: 2024-11-05 14:53:05
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