Medicinal jar

A medicinal jar, drug jar, or apothecary jar is a jar used to contain medicine.

Syrian medicinal jars made circa 1300, excavated in Fenchurch Street, London, an example of Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe. London Museum.

Drugstore of Louis XIV, with medicinal jars. Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.

Medicinal jars were commonly used in apothecary shops in hospitals.[1] Medicinal jars are an important category of the famous Dutch and English porcelain known as Delftware.[2]

A famous type of drug jar known as Albarello was derived from Islamic wares.[3][4]

Most modern apothecary jars are made of clear glass and have a glass lid. They are often a simple cylinder, but may also have fancy rotationally symmetric curves, and sometimes a glass disc-shaped foot separate from the main body. Antique Western apothecary jars from the past few centuries are typically clear glass cylinders which are relatively tall and thin, with a prominent thinner neck and glass stopper. Glass versions are also used for artistic display of the contents.