Coccinella Spur, c1745-1807

Description

Glass jar containing spurious specimens of cochineal insects, used as a dye. From the Burges Collection.

Text on paper labels reads ‘Catal. Mat. Med. p. 125 No. 46’ and ‘COCCINELLA SPUR.’

Pomet writes of the use of the cochineal but is confused as to whether its source is an insect or a seed.