Glass albarello

Made:
1601-1800
Glass albarello, with parchment top, labelled Castor Pulver

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Glass albarello, with parchment top, labelled Castor Pulver
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Glass albarello, with parchment top, labelled "Castor Pulver." Powered castoreum (From special glands in the groin of the beaver), Spanish, 17th or 18th century

Details

Category:
Medical Glass-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A61727
Materials:
glass and parchment, ? material
type:
albarello
credit:
Pontes, N.de