Drug Jar
ca. 1630-1670 (made)
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Drug jar of slightly concave cylindrical form, contracting at neck and base, expanding lip. The name of the drug is inscribed on a cartouche with scrolled border set diagonally across a series of horizontal bands of rayed scallops, resembling lace.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Drug jar for ginger, 'R ZIMZIB', possibly made in Coimbra, Portugal, about 1650-80, tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue |
| Physical description | Drug jar of slightly concave cylindrical form, contracting at neck and base, expanding lip. The name of the drug is inscribed on a cartouche with scrolled border set diagonally across a series of horizontal bands of rayed scallops, resembling lace. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'R ZIMZIB'
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| Gallery label | Drug jar from a pharmacy
Possibly made in Coimbra, Portugal about 1630-70
Inscribed: 'R ZIMZIB' (ginger)
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.63-1910(16/07/2008) |
| Object history | Formerly in the collection of Oswald Crawfurd, C.M.G., H.B.M., Consul at Oporto. Exhibited at the Museum on loan between 1888 and 1897. Purchased for £6.6s from his sale at Christies (part of lot 226). |
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| Accession number | C.63-1910 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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