Small albarello drug jar for spermaceti, Italy, 1701-1800

Spermaceti is the oily substance from the head of a sperm whale. It was once used in large amounts as the base in medicinal ointments as well as cosmetics and moisturisers. A full-grown sperm whale may yield one tonne of spermaceti. However, because it is difficult to obtain the oil is very expensiv...

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Published: 1701
Subjects:
drug jar
Pharmacy
Sperm whale
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spelling ftwellcome:oai:wellcomeimages.org:record/L0057155 2023-05-15T18:26:31+02:00 Small albarello drug jar for spermaceti, Italy, 1701-1800 made: 1701-1800 http://wellcomeimages.org/ixbin/hixclient.exe?MIROPAC=L0057155 unknown http://wellcomeimages.org/ixbin/hixclient.exe?MIROPAC=L0057155 L0057155 Science Museum A42602 Science Museum, London, Wellcome Images Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY L0057155 drug jar Pharmacy 1701 ftwellcome 2014-12-20T12:11:04Z Spermaceti is the oily substance from the head of a sperm whale. It was once used in large amounts as the base in medicinal ointments as well as cosmetics and moisturisers. A full-grown sperm whale may yield one tonne of spermaceti. However, because it is difficult to obtain the oil is very expensive. The jar used to store the oil is thought to be from Italy. maker: Unknown maker Place made: Italy Other/Unknown Material Sperm whale Wellcome Trust, London: Wellcome Images
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topic drug jar
Pharmacy
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Pharmacy
Small albarello drug jar for spermaceti, Italy, 1701-1800
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Pharmacy
description Spermaceti is the oily substance from the head of a sperm whale. It was once used in large amounts as the base in medicinal ointments as well as cosmetics and moisturisers. A full-grown sperm whale may yield one tonne of spermaceti. However, because it is difficult to obtain the oil is very expensive. The jar used to store the oil is thought to be from Italy. maker: Unknown maker Place made: Italy
title Small albarello drug jar for spermaceti, Italy, 1701-1800
title_short Small albarello drug jar for spermaceti, Italy, 1701-1800
title_full Small albarello drug jar for spermaceti, Italy, 1701-1800
title_fullStr Small albarello drug jar for spermaceti, Italy, 1701-1800
title_full_unstemmed Small albarello drug jar for spermaceti, Italy, 1701-1800
title_sort small albarello drug jar for spermaceti, italy, 1701-1800
publishDate 1701
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