Description
each slightly waisted with a narrow sloping band up to the rim and foot, painted in light and dark blue, yellow, ochre and green, each with an oval wreath enclosing labels with the inscription UGTO AGRIPPA (Unguentum Agrippae) on one and the inscription UGTO BASILICO (Unguentum Basilicon) on the other, all on a dark ochre ground with three large birds and foliated leaves above the inscription, a sun with rays below within a roundel, with roundels with yellow grounds above and below on the enclosing wreath each with the monogram SN below and F above beneath a single cross, the wreath edged with two ribbon lines in turquoise, the base of the jar inscribed UGTO BASILICO with incised letters and numbers, probably 'orgil 77' (2)
Dimensions
First 11.2 diameter, 23.4 high; the other 13cm diameter, 24cm high
Footnote
Note:
According to Rudolf Drey, Apothecary Jars, London, 1978, p.183, Unguentum Agrippae was an ointment used to treat tumours and dropsy, Unguentum Basilicon (p188) was used for healing wounds