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Wet drug jar, circa 1660
- Title(s):
Wet drug jar.
- Additional Title(s):
Syr ex. lvivlae
Syr ex. lujulae
- Published/Created:
- Southwark, London, England, circa 1660.
- Physical Description:
- 1 jar : white delftware ; 21 cm high (including handle) x 17 cm in diameter (22 cm including handle)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsSpencer Jar 2Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James N. Spencer and Kathleen Moretto SpencerView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/15766546
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- The inscription means "syrupus lujulae" or "syrup of wood sorrel" (i.e. the juice of wood sorrel leaves).
Wood sorrel, or oxalis acetosella, was boiled with water and sugar to make a syrup. The resulting product was acidic in taste and astringent, but pleasant. It may have been mildly diuretic. See Harrod in Lipski & Archer, p. 400.
Possibly made by Pickelherring Potter (i.e. Pickleherring Pottery) in Southwark, London. See Spencer Collection.
Title from Spencer.
Spencer, K. M. James N. Spencer Collection of English Delftware Apothecary Jars, 2
The apothecary jar is bulbous on spreading foot with a simple handle. The neck is everted with a flanged spout. The body of the jar has been glazed in white. The rim and base are unglazed. The jar is decorated with a blue ribbon cartouche design and a label panel that is curved slightly upward, framed in two thin, even lines. The decorative label is inscribed with "Syr ex: lvivlae." The inside of the jar contains an unidentified calcified material. See Spencer Collection. - Form/Genre:
- Delftware
Drug jars
Ceramic (material)
Tin glaze - Export:
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