M0011901: Photograph of three 17th century Lambeth delftware drug jars

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Drug jars of Lambeth delftware, circa 1664, circa 1652, circa 1680

Photograph of three 17th century Lambeth delftware drug jars, one with a spout and handle. The jars are dated from left to right as 1664, circa 1652, and circa 1680 in the publication Catalogue of an Exhibition illustrating The History of Pharmacy, which accompanied the exhibition held at the Wellcome Research Institution, London, 4 May - 28 September 1951. The drug jars are no longer held by Wellcome Collection.

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items:
acc. number R22065 (1921)
acc. number A78359
acc. number R17493 (1926)
The photograph is listed as figure 10 in the exhibition catalogue. A digitised version is available online.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.