Near Pair of French Porcelain Apothecary Lidded Jars

Lidded porcelain apothecary jar, with hand-painted Latin label "empl. cicut," from 19th century France. Three jars are available, but sold individuall...

Lidded porcelain apothecary jar, with hand-painted Latin label "cera alba" (beeswax), from 19th century France. Three jars are available, but sold ind...

A beautiful pair of antique 19th-century French porcelain lidded apothecary or pharmacy jars, with elegant hand-painted decoration and lettering, and maker's mark on the base. A depiction of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates is emblazoned on the front of each, together with images of the iconic serpent that is so often associated with apothecaries, in homage to Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine...

This beautiful pair of 19th century French porcelain apothecary jars exemplifies the artistry and craftsmanship of early pharmacy containers. Each jar features a slightly domed lid with a round finial, delicately highlighted with gilt accents. The bodies are hand-painted with rich polychrome decoration, including palm trees, medical caduceus symbols, and stylized serpents entwined around classical columns—traditional emblems of medicine and healing. The jars are inscribed with their original Latin labels: CONS: TAMAR: (Conserve of Tamarind) and EXT: PAPAV: (Extract of Poppy), both once commonly used in apothecaries for medicinal remedies. Their elegant design combines functionality with refined decoration, making them as decorative as they are historic. These jars would have originally been displayed in a 19th century pharmacy, both as storage vessels and as visible markers of important remedies. Today, they make striking decorative pieces for collectors of antique medical instruments...

This a pair of wide cylindrical white porcelain apothecary lidded jars. They are hand painted and decorated with some laurel’s branches in the front. The lids are shaped as doctoral ...

This is a pair of Porcelain Apothecary Jar. It depicts a cylindrical porcelain jars with white background and a rectangular plaques hand painted with gold borders. One of them also h...

A Set of Five Lidded Paris Porcelain Apothecary Jars Each of the porcelain jars have a cone-shaped lid with a ball finial, the front of the jars decorated with polychrome and gilded...

4 French Victorian white porcelain apothecary jars with decorative rectangular decal with floral trim. (PRICED EACH, please specify jar label ...

Set of ten French Porcelain apothecary jars, 19th century. The set consists of five smaller cover jars and five larger covered jars. Each ...

This is a French Porcelain Apothecary Jar. It depicts a cylindrical lidded jar with white background hand painted in the front with two palms with coiled snakes at each side and besi...