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Albarello vase, Italy, 1520-1580
Albarello pharmacy jar for mercury ointment, Italy, 1520-1560
Albarello drug jar, Venice, Italy, 1571-1630
Pharmacy jar, used for nerve ointment, The Netherlands, 1730-1780
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Albarello pharmacy jar, Spain, 1600-1625
The jar has the label “L. SAPHIRUS”, which refers to Lapis Saphirus. This translates from the Latin as “sapphire stone”. Sapphires were used as an ingredient in several drugs, as were other precious stones such as emeralds and rubies.
Drug jar, Italy, 1500-1700
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От сифилиса
Albarello drug jar for Sublimate of Mercury, Italy, 1501-1800
Mercury compounds were traditional treatments for syphilis – a once very common, potentially deadly venereal disease. But this toxic treatment slowly poisoned the patient. Sublimate of Mercury, if soaked into a piece of cloth and carried next to the heart, was also believed to protect against plague.
Albarello drug jar for Sanicle, Italy, 1601-1800
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Albarello drug jar, Sicily, 1601-1670
Albarello drug jar, Sicily, 1601-1670
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Albarello drug jar, Italy, 1600-1700
The decoration of this colourful earthenware drug jar shows the emblem of the Franciscan Order: two arms surrounding a crucifix displaying stigmata.
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Для хинина
Glass pharmacy jar for powdered quinine, Europe, 1601-1700
Drug jar for cinchona bark, Italy, 1701-1730
Хина была использована, чтобы предотвратить сильное кровотечение и диарея, но более известна как источник хинина.
Drug jar for cinchona bark, Italy, 1701-1730
This earthenware jar was used to store cinchona bark. Cinchona was used to prevent heavy bleeding and diarrhoea but is better known as a source of quinine.
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Pharmacy storage jar used for Theriac, Bordeaux, France, 1725-1755
Pharmacy storage jar used for Theriac, Bordeaux, France, 1725-1755
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Albarello drug jar used for Lacc, Italy, 1701-1730
‘Lacc’ is short for Gum Lacca, a resin secreted by insects living on certain trees, although for a long time it was thought to be from the trees themselves.
Albarello drug jar, Italy, 1720-1790
Для животного жира
Albarello drug jar used to store badger fat, Italy, 1585
Snake-shaped storage jar, Europe, 1801-1900
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Dispensing pot, Europe, 1746
Dispensing pot for laudanum, Italy, 1771-1830
Dispensing pot for Holloway's ointment, England, 1839-1867
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Pharmacy storage jar for Blessed Thistle Water, Italy, 1702
Pharmacy storage jar, Italy, 1501-1600
Many Christians have long believed that the saints are able to plead with God on their behalf and that particular saints can give protection against, or help cure, specific illnesses. Painted on the earthenware jar (on the right hand side of the photograph) is the figure of St John the Baptist, who baptised Jesus.
Drug jar showing St John the Baptist, Italy, 1570-1630
Pharmacy jar, Italy, 1730-1750
This pharmacy jar is illustrated with scenes of a circumcision and three devils’ heads. Entwined snakes form the handles. 
Pharmacy vase, Italy, 1740
On the pharmacy jar on the right, the blue and white decorations show scenes of a Roman cavalry charge. The other side shows a more pleasant rural scene. The devil’s head at the base appears to be a dispensing hole for the contents of the large jar 
Pair of pharmacy storage jars, Naples, Italy, 1756
These earthenware jars are illustrated with scenes from both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.
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Jug, Spain, 1601-1700
This jug shows the administration of an enema – a once very common method of introducing liquids such as medications or purgatives into the body via the rectum. The inscription on the side of the jug translates from Spanish as “I am Don Jaoquín Hernandez’s jar. Through my intense devotion to my constitution I find myself on this occasion shamefully syringed at the hands of a serf.” In this context “serf” would have meant his servant.
Albarello pharmacy jar, Deruta, Italy, 1701-1900
The jar has the label “L. SAPHIRUS”, which refers to Lapis Saphirus. This translates from the Latin as “sapphire stone”. Sapphires were used as an ingredient in several drugs, as were other precious stones such as emeralds and rubies. The Spanish royal coat of arms can be seen below the inscription and this jar is just one of a set made for the royal monastery at El Escorial.
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Pharmacy leech jar, England, 1830-1870
_c._1840
Для пиявок
Leech jar, England, 1831-1859
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