M0018727 and M0018728: Two Dutch pharmacy jars

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Drug jar - cylindrical (small). Dutch. Cherub with flower

Photograph of two Dutch pharmacy jars. One is decorated with a cherub holding a flower and a ribbon with the name of a drug. Inscribed "B: ARCEL". It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1940 (accession number R1013/1940). The other is decorated with a plant above and garlands of flowers. Inscibed "E.CORT: PERUV: RUBR" and has a mark on the pottery: "De drieklokken". It was purchased by the Museum in 1929 and accessioned in 1940 (accession number R2053/1940)

August 1961

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R1013/1940 and R2053/1940

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.

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