Conserve jar
1680
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
16.3 × 13.6 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Sir Anthony Jephcott, 2011
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
This conserve jar would have held dry contents. Its inscription for E: DIACATHOLI CON tells us that it held a conserve of a universal purging electuary –an Electuarium diacatholicon. Such an electuary was made from a variety of herbs and spices and would have been used as a purge, usually given as an enema, and for helping ‘infirmities of the liver and spleen, gouts of all sorts … agues, and also headaches.’
Artwork Details
Inscription
painted in blue c.: . DIACATHOLI / E CON / T·W / 1680
Accession Number
2017.477
Department
International Decorative Arts