M0014356: Two English delftware drug jars, 18th century

Photograph of two medicine jars, one decorated with cockle shells and cherubs and the other decorated with angels. The first was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1940 (accession number R748/1940). The second was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1919 and given accession number A52491. Neither is held by Wellcome Collection.

December 1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: acc. number R748/1940 and acc. number A52491

Copyright 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.