M0018795EB and M0018796EB: Two pharmacy jars, or albarelli, Portuguese

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Drug jar, small Albarelli. Diagonal label panel with foliate decoration and on the reversa a dog in blue. Spanish or Portuguese. Labelled 'COF, DIACATHOLI'

Photograph of two Portuguese pharmacy jars. One is in a deep blue design and was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1926 (accession number R17161). The other has a diagonal label panel with foliate decoration and on the reversa a dog in blue and is labelled "COF, DIACATHOLI". It was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1926 (accession number R17058). Related images: M0018795EA, M0018796EA

September 1961

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: R17161 and R17058

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.

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