M0011898: Photograph of a pill slab or tile decorated with the arms of the Society of Apothecaries and the City of London below, circa 1700

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Pill tile, Lambeth delft ware.

Photograph of a pill slab or tile, which was used to make pills and mix ointments. The original tile is Lambeth delftware with a blue and white design bearing the arms of the Society of Apothecaries and the City of London below, circa 1700. The tile was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum/Wellcome Institute, but is no longer held by Wellcome Collection.

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item (acc. number R1176)

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.