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Apothecary tile (Pill slab)
1680-1720
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
London (Lambeth); England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1973.0047
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Mayer
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Object Number
1973.0047
Object Name
Apothecary tile (Pill slab)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
London (Lambeth); England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1680-1720
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Black and gold, circular paper label with " GUARANTEED/DM&P/MANHEIM/ANTIQUES CORP/46 EAST 57th STREET/NEW YORK CITY/GENUINE" in gold print
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
- Apothecary
- Pharmacy
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
- Medical
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Pierced
Dimensions (inches)
12.165 (H) x 10.079 (W) x 0.591 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
30.9 (H) x 25.6 (W) x 1.5 (D)
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. 6Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 03//2021 Winterthur Primer: To Your Health! Medicine, Objects & History. Antiques and Fine Art. 90-95.
• Published: p. 92, fig. 6Book: 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- 277Book: 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