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Culture:English
Title:ointment pot
Date Made:1750-1800
Type:Container; Medical; Toilet Article
Materials:ceramic: tin-glazed earthenware
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; London (probably)
Measurements:overall: 13/16 in x 1 9/16 in; 2.06375 cm x 3.96875 cm
Accession Number:  HD 62.195
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
English delft undecorated, bowl-shaped ointment pot with a shallow bowl with an everted rim over a smaller diameter, short footrim. Ointment pots, which varied in size and shape, dispensed sticky or semi-liquid preparations sold by apothecaries, grocers, perfumers, etc., who often had their names and sometimes addresses inscribed on them when they ordered them in quantity from delftware factories. These pots are normally bowl-shaped with an everted rim, which could be covered with parchment secured with a string tied around the indentation below the rim. Around 1800, these delft pots were replaced with glass containers, cardboard-lined boxes, and chip boxes made of handcut wood shavings.

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