Drug jar for Laundaum

Made:
1740-1840 in Italy
maker:
Unknown
Drug jar for Laundaum

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Albarello vase on foot, with polychrome maiolica glaze, used for a laudanum (opium tincture) preparation (LAUD. NEP. QUER). 138 mm x 70 mm (foot), 317 g. Unknown maker, North Italian, late 18th century.

Details

Category:
Medical Ceramic-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A42726
Materials:
earthenware (polychrome tin-glazed) and empty
Measurements:
height 138 mm
70 mm diameter (foot)
317 g
type:
albarello
credit:
Wellcome Trust