M0011902EA: Photograph of four Islamic glass phials and a jar for ointments or perfumes, 8th-10th century

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Islamic phials and jar, 8th-10th c. A.D.

Photograph of four Islamic glass phials and a jar for ointments or perfumes, 8th-10th century with an exhibition label underneath. The photograph of the phials and jar is included in the publication Catalogue of an Exhibition illustrating The History of Pharmacy, an exhibition held at the Wellcome Research Institution, London, 4 May - 28 September 1951. They were previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but are no longer held by Wellcome Collection. Related image: M0011902EB

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items:
acc. number R11396/1936
acc. number R14203/1936
acc. number R14210/1936
acc. number R14440/1936
acc. number R176/1938
The photograph is listed as figure 5 in the exhibition catalogue. A digitised version is available online.

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.