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Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object numberRCSSC/C 1 CollectionSpecial collections CategoryCeramics Object nameDrug jars DescriptionAlbarello drug jar, Spanish, 18th or 19th century. Albarello drug jar with the inscription 'C:BORACINIA' set into a scrolled cartouche with blue floral decoration on a white ground. The abbreviated Latin inscription refers to confection of borage. According to the herbalist John Gerard (1545-1612) 'Syrup made of the floures of Borage comforteth the heart, purgeth melancholy and quieteth the phrenticke and lunaticke person. The leaves eaten raw ingender good bloud, especially in those that have been lately sicke.' Production date 1700 - 1899 , Spain bequeathed Thomson, St Clair, 1859-1943, surgeon (1943) Physical Location LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions Physical Information Physical descriptionCylindrical waisted tin-glazed ceramic jar. Materialceramic C: / BORACINIA138 / MURA, LONDON Dimensions jar height: 210 mm

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Object numberRCSSC/C 1

DescriptionAlbarello drug jar, Spanish, 18th or 19th century. Albarello drug jar with the inscription 'C:BORACINIA' set into a scrolled cartouche with blue floral decoration on a white ground. The abbreviated Latin inscription refers to confection of borage. According to the herbalist John Gerard (1545-1612) 'Syrup made of the floures of Borage comforteth the heart, purgeth melancholy and quieteth the phrenticke and lunaticke person. The leaves eaten raw ingender good bloud, especially in those that have been lately sicke.'

Production date 1700 - 1899

, Spain

bequeathed

Thomson, St Clair, 1859-1943, surgeon (1943)

Physical Location

LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions

Physical Information

Physical descriptionCylindrical waisted tin-glazed ceramic jar.

Materialceramic

C: / BORACINIA138 / MURA, LONDON

Dimensions

jar height: 210 mm