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• Title:Wet drug jar.
  
• Production:London, England, circa 1750.
  
• Physical Description:1 jar : white delftware ; 20 cm high (including handle) x 14 cm in diameter (20 cm including handle)
  
• Links:View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
  

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  • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
    Request for use in the YCBA Study Room
    
    
  • Call Number: Spencer Jar 6
    
  • Status:No information available 
  • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James N. Spencer and Kathleen Moretto Spencer
    

   
• Medium:ceramic (material)
  throwing (pottery technique)
  
• Notes:The inscription means "syrupus de erysimo" or "syrup of hedge mustard." It is composed of hedge mustard, elecampane, colts foot, liquorice root, borage, succory, maiden-hair, the flowers of rosemary and betony, aniseeds, and stone raisins, soaked in water and mead, then clarified and boiled with a lot of sugar to get the consistency of a syrup. See Spencer Collection.
  Title from Spencer.
  
• Summary:The apothecary jar is bulbous with an everted glazed neck, a short front spout with a wide flared mouth, and a large rear strap handle. The body of the jar is mounted on a small, short neck that flares out to a small foot with a glazed edge. A small cork is inside the spout. The base is not glazed, but it has been repaired with an over-coating of a light blue glaze. The body of the jar is decorated in blue with a cherub and shell design. The jar is a fishtail-pellet variety. See Spencer Collection.
  
• Variant and related titles:S. de erysim.
  
• Format:Visual Material
• References:Spencer, K. M. James N. Spencer Collection of English Delftware Apothecary Jars, 6
  
• Genre/Form:Delftware
  Drug jars
  Ceramic (material)
  Tin glaze