https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/10725/fullSyrup jarca.1640-1650Overall: 16.5 x 19.5 x 14.7 cm (6 1/2 x 7 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)Tin-glazed earthenware (delftware)Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: London, Greater London, EnglandG83.1.5091London Delft syrup jar with globular body set on a splayed foot. It is painted in blue beneath the short knopped spout with a drug label. It has the profile of a man smoking a pipe at either end, and a strap handle. Inscribed 'MEL: MERCVRIAL C', this jar would have contained Mercurialis extract suspended in honey and used to expel bodily toxins.14th to 18th Century European Earthenware and StonewareEnglish Delftware[]European CeramicsEnglish Earthenware - Delftware181256693EnglishCharles I (1625-1649)Inscribed 'MEL: MERCVRIAL C' (Mercurialis extract)