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Pottery drug jar, greenish-blue, ovoid

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Pottery drug jar

Asian Medicine

Pottery drug jar, ovoid body, with parchment cover

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Pottery drug jar, bluish green, ovoid

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Pottery drug jar, ovoid body, with parchment cover

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Earthenware jar, decorated with wavy lines in red

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-3001

Pottery drug jar, bluish green, ovoid, with parchment cover, possibly Persian

Pottery drug jar, bluish green, ovoid

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Tazza drinking plate (probably for libration), Samian ware, red glazed and chipped, showing potters seal, Egypt.

Samian Plate, Red Glaze, c. 300 BC-300 AD

Domestic Appliances

300 BCE -300 CE

78 original lightbulbs in a cardboard box. Taken from miniature hospital, scale 1:16, made for publicity for King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, 1932. Newly created lightbulbs have been fitted into model on display in Medicine Galleries.

Original lightbulbs for model of a hospital promoting the King Edward's Hospital Fund

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1930-1932

Cup for food warmer, Samuel Clarke's patented Pyramid, probably American, 20th century

Cup for food warmer

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1888-1920

"Base-Ring" juglet made of earthenware, with handle and brown slip and relief decoration, from Cyprus, 1600 BC-1400 BC

"Base-Ring" juglet made of earthenware

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1600-1400 BCE

Perforated plate of Radium water filter, of earthenware and glass, possibly German, 1901-1930

Perforated plate of Radium water filter

Public Health & Hygiene

1901-1930

Pottery sepulchral vase, on wooden stand, Chinese, possibly a copy or 1201-1400

Sepulchral vase (possibly a copy)

Asian Medicine

1201-1400

Bamboo opium pipe, cylindrical with ornamental ceramic bowl, Chinese

Opium pipe with ornamental bowl

Asian Medicine

Scarab on flat base, made of brown pottery, unsigned, Egyptian, 2000BC-200AD.

Scarab on flat base

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000 BCE - 200 CE

Earthenware leech jar, English, 19th century

Therapeutics

1801-1900

Blue and white transfer printed boat shaped infant's feeding bottle, Crellin 43, English, 1801-1891

Blue and white transfer printed boat shaped infant feeding bottle

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1801-1891

Blue faience statuette of Thoth, Egyptian, 1700BC-601BC

Blue faience statuette of Thoth, Egyptian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1700-601 BCE

Pharmacy jar, French, 18th century, polychrome faience, used for cinchona bark

Pharmacy jar, French, 18th century, polychrome fai

Medical Ceramic-ware

1700-1800

Earthenware spoon with dragon design on bowl, Chinese, 1400-1850

Spoon with dragon design on bowl

Asian Medicine

1400-1850

Bone inro, composed of two compartments held together by cord, with ceramic netsuke in the form of a clog, Japanese

Inro of two compartments with netsuke in form of clog

Asian Medicine

Infusion jug, earthenware, stoneware, after 1840, outer lid missing, English(?), 1840-1970

Infusion jug, earthenware, stoneware, after 1840,

Pharmacy-ware

1840-1970

Neolithic infant feeding cup, earthenware, 1000-400 BCE, excavated by Wellcome Expedition, at Jebel Moya, Sudan, 1912

Neolithic infant feeding cup, earthenware, 1000-400 BCE

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1000-400 BCE

Pottery drug jar, bluish-green, ovoid, with parchment cover, possibly Persian

Pottery drug jar, bluish-green, ovoid

Classical & Medieval Medicine

"Base-Ring" juglet made of earthenware, with handle, decorated with polished brown slip and double relief band, from Cyprus, 1600 BC-1400 BC

"Base-Ring" juglet made of earthenware, with handle

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1600-1400 BCE

Yellow painted metal container with pot of mercury ointment, for military use, German, 1914-1918

Yellow painted metal container with pot of mercury

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1914-1918

Foodwarmer, pannikin and separate lid, earthenware and metal liner only, patented Pyramid by Samuel Clarke, probably American, 20th century

Food warmer pannikin and lid

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1900-1999

Double glazed earthenware kohl tube, unsigned, Egyptian, 500BC-400AD.

Earthenware Kohl tube

Classical & Medieval Medicine

500-400

Blue and white transfer printed boat shaped infants feeding bottle, Crellin 37, English, 1801-1891.

Blue and white transfer printed boat shaped infant feeding bottle

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1801-1891

Pottery drug jar, bluish green, ovoid, with parchement cover, possibly Persian

Pottery drug jar, bluish green, ovoid

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Tobacco pipe, grey pottery, stub stem variety, heel chipped, probably Southern Sudan, Shilluk, Nuer, Bari, 1870-1920

Tobacco pipe

Smoking

1870-1920

Storage vase, C18 Italian blue and mauve maiolica, from a Franciscan monastery

Storage vase, C18 Italian blue and mauve maiolica,

Medical Ceramic-ware

1701-1800

Teapot shaped infant's feeding bottle or bubby pot, Crellin 2, Smith type, English, 1768

Teapot shaped infant's feeding bottle or bubby pot

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1768-1870

Pot of unidentified ointment, by Godfrey and Cooke, 7 Royal Arcade, Old Bond Street and Conduit Street, London, England.

Pot of unidentified ointment, by Godfrey and Cooke

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Small furnace, earthenware, European, 19th century

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Pottery drug jar, ovoid body, with parchment cover, possibly Persian

Pottery drug jar, ovoid body, with parchment cover

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Pottery drug jar, ovoid, with parchment cover, possibly Persian

Pottery drug jar, ovoid, with parchment cover

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Blue glazed earthenware Kohl pot, Egyptian, 1000BC - 100BC

Blue glazed earthenware Kohl pot, Egyptian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1000-100 BCE

Earthenware oil jar, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Earthenware oil jar, Egyptian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350

Flagon type jug, London & South Western Railway, earthenware, decorated with dogs, windmills, horses, drinking and hunting scenes, glazed light and dark brown. 'L&SWR' written on front. Made by Doulton, Lambeth. Overall: 215 mm x 195 mm x 170 mm, 1.68kg.

Jug, London & South Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

1869-1872

Ceramic storage bottle, by Doulton and Co., Lambeth, 1850-1930

Ceramic storage bottle, by Doulton and Co., Lambet

Medical Ceramic-ware

1850-1930

Pottey drug jar, ovoid, with parchement cover, possibly Persian

Pottey drug jar, ovoid, with parchement cover

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Albarello vase, Italian, made in the Abruzzi, late C17 or early C18, blue and white with scene of villa

Albarello vase, Italian, made in the Abruzzi, late

Medical Ceramic-ware

1710-1790

Neolithic infant feeding cup, earthenware, 1000-400 BCE, excavated by Wellcome expedition at Jebel Moya, Sudan, 1912

Neolithic infant feeding cup, earthenware, 1000-400 BCE

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1000-400 BCE

Pot of "Iodoleine" ointment, by the Anglo-American Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., English

Pot of "Iodoleine" ointment, by the Anglo-American

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

"White Painted" ware jug, earthenware, shaped like wineskin, with handle, neck broken, decorated with geometric linear pattern, unsigned, from Cyprus, date uncertain, 2000BC-500BC.

Earthenware jug

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-500 BCE

Two moulded clay Buddhist amulets, Ching dynasty, Chinese, 1644-1911

Buddhist amulets

Asian Medicine

1644-1911

Perforated plate of Radium water filter, of earthenware and glass, English, 1901-1930

Perforated plate of Radium water filter

Public Health & Hygiene

1901-1930

Oil lamp, metal and glass, used by midwives in Salford, 1865-1900

Oil lamp, used by midwives in Salford,1865-1900

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1865-1900

Blue and white transfer pattern feeding cup, Crellin 35, English, 1820-1891

Blue and white transfer pattern feeding cup

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1820-1891