M0018267: Two pyxis for holding ointment

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Greek pyxis (for holding ointment)

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Pyxis (for holding ointment), Campanion, South Italy

Photograph of two pyxis for holding ointment. One is black glaze on red ware with no handles and dates from 5th-4th century B.C Greece. It was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection. The other is black glaze with two handles and dates from 4th-2nd century B.C. Campanion, south Italy. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R1358/1936). It is now held by the Science Musuem (object number A11423)

September 1960

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for one of the items: R1358/1936

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.

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