M0019271EA: Majolica pharmacy jar, Tuscany, 16th century

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Drug jar (syrup-jar shape), inscribed 'A.DI.LAPPVGA', Italy, 16th century

Photograph of a majolica pharmacy jar decorated with a oak leaves and other foliage in deep blue, with a label inscribed "A.DI.LAPPVGA". It was aquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1941 (accession number R381/1941). Related images: M0019271EB

December 1962

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R381/1941

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.