This straight walled drug jar and lid has a white glaze background and a cartouche created by blue, yellow and purple flowers and a blue ribbon. The dome-shaped lid has a sprig of flowers and an applied handle. George Urdang co-author of The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue attributes this container to 18th century Strasbourg in the Alsace region.
The Dictionary of Photopharmacology by John Quincy, an 18th century English apothecary, refers to U Mundificat as Mundificativum Unguentum, a cleansing ointment. The ingredients included honey and wheat flowers which were then boiled until thick.
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