Glazed stoneware drug jar for colocynth pills

Made:
1851-1900
Drug jar, stoneware, glazed, with lid, for colocynth pills

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Drug jar, stoneware, glazed, with lid, for colocynth pills
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Drug jar, stoneware, glazed, with lid, for colocynth pills, English, second half 19th century

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A637687
Materials:
jar, stoneware (iron glazed) and lid, tin
Measurements:
height 150 mm
diameter 111 mm
type:
drug jars

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