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Description: | Elongated octagonal pill slab with two pierced holes along top side for hanging. Decorated with a bluish-white tin-glaze, painted on upper surface with the Arms of the Society of Apothecaries: a shield bearing the figure of Apollo slaying a serpent with bow and arrow, supported by unicorns and surmounted by a helmet topped with a unicorn. Scroll beneath bears the motto 'OPIFERQVE PER ORBEM DICOR', heavy scrolling mantling to left and right above unicorns. Arms of the City of London beneath inscribed scroll, comprising oval shield bearing cross and sword in top left quarter. Simple husk borders to left and right beneath mantling. Two stilt marks on reverse at edges.
Technique: slab-built
Technique: tin-glazed
Material: ceramics
Material: earthenware
Material: painted in-glaze
Material: cobalt blue
pill slab made in Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe, 1680-1705, (1923.321). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.2549 | Go to resource |
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