Dispensing pot of compound squill pills

Made:
1850-1900 in England and London

Small salt-glazed stoneware dispensing pot for compound squill pills (PIL: SCILLAE C.) lid missing. 74 mm x 70 mm diameter, 279 g. From Godfrey and Moore, English, 1850-1900.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A637665
Materials:
stoneware (salt-glazed), squill, opium?, incomplete and half-full
type:
dispensing pot
credit:
Wellcome Trust