Drug jar

Pots like these were used to store ointments and were made by various pottery workshops across Europe. This jar was made in the pottery kilns of South Somerset, and discovered during excavations in Exeter.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
300/1988/2342
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Exeter archaeology
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
Material
potterySouth Somerset ware
Common Name
drug jar
Simple Name
drug bottle
Period Classification
Post Medieval (1500-1750)
Production Year Low
1680
Production Year High
1690

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drug jar