Dry drug jar

Date1700-1740

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsH: 7 13/16"; D: 6"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1964-363

DescriptionGlobular, with lipped top opening, small spreading foot. "U LAURIN" within strap work cartouche incorporating basket of fruit at center top; small Angel's head and wings at center bottom; Song birds perched at top corners; and garlands and tassels hanging below. Underglaze blue; base glazed.Label TextThis recipe for" Unguentum Laurinum Commune or Oyntment of Bays Common" from Nicholas Culpeper's Pharmacopoeia Londonensis (1654) was found on a piece of paper in another dry jar in the CWF collection (accession 1966-96): "Take of Bay leaves bruised one Pound, Bay-berries bruised half a Pound, Cabbage leaves, four ounces, Neats-foot oyl and five Pounds, Bullocks suet two pounds, boyl them together, and strain them, that so it may be made into an oyntment according to Art."Inscription(s)"U LAURIN"Mark(s)NoProvenanceTilley & Co., London