Pill Slab
Dateca. 1760
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)
DimensionsOH: 10 1/4" (26.0 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1950-41
DescriptionOctagonal with two holes pierced at top. Whitish tin glaze decorated in blue with the full arms of the Company of Apothecaries and banding on the edges. Reverse, edges, and pierced holes glazed.Label TextAlthough in the past many mid to late eighteenth-century pill slabs have been attributed to Liverpool, some have floral swags below the motto, a decorative device sometimes found on late London domestic delft wares.Inscription(s)"OPIFER QUE PER ORBEM DICOR." Full arms of the Company of Apothecaries.Mark(s)NoneProvenanceStoner & Evans, Inc. New York
ca. 1720
1700-1730
ca. 1760
ca. 1720
ca. 1740
ca. 1740
ca. 1750
ca. 1730
ca. 1740
1698 (dated)
ca. 1775
ca. 1750