Tin-glazed earthenware drug jar

Made:
1601-1800 in Spain
maker:
Unknown

Tin-glazed earthenware drug jar, barrel shaped, painted overglaze with a monastic arms and inscribed with the number '1', Spanish 17th or 18th century

Details

Category:
Medical Ceramic-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A116018
Materials:
earthenware (tin-glazed)
Measurements:
height 350 mm
diameter 200 mm
type:
drug jars
credit:
Pontes, N.de

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