1973.0047 Apothecary tile, view 1
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Apothecary tile (Pill slab)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Place of Origin:

    London (Lambeth), England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1680-1720

  • Materials:

    Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1973.0047


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1973.0047

Object Name

Apothecary tile (Pill slab)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Mayer

Place of Origin

London (Lambeth), England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1680-1720

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Black and gold, circular paper label with " GUARANTEED/DM&P/MANHEIM/ANTIQUES CORP/46 EAST 57th STREET/NEW YORK CITY/GENUINE" in gold print

Subjects

Armorial device; Apothecary; Pharmacy; Archaeological evidence for similar (America); Medical

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

12.165 (H) , 10.079 (W) , 0.591 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.9 (H) , 25.6 (W) , 1.5 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Web Site] Grigsby, Leslie B. 03//2021 Winterthur Primer: To Your Health! Medicine, Objects & History. InCollect 2021 https://www.incollect.com/articles/winterthur-primer-to-your-health-medicine-objects-history
Published: fig. 6
[Article] Grigsby, Leslie B. 03//2021 Winterthur Primer: To Your Health! Medicine, Objects & History. Antiques and Fine Art. 90-95.
Published: p. 92, fig. 6
[Book] Crellin, J. K. 1969 Medical Ceramics: A Catalogue of the English and Dutch Collections in the Museum of The Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine.
Medical tiles of various forms with similar decoration of the Arms of the City of London below the label panel: pp. 149- 150, nos. 273- 277
[Book] Lange, Amanda E. Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800.
Later blue and white version, without London crest: p. 125, no. 76, noting fragments from Nicholson Store-Pasteur & Galt Apothecary, Williamsburg VA.
[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
A tile with a slightly different version of the arms of the London Society of Apothecaries: Vol. 2, p. 460 (No. 411).
[Book] Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
Delft pill tile excavated at Nicholson Store/Pasteur-Galt Apothecary site, Williamsburg, VA: p. 206