Display Specie Jar

Description

Large glass specie jars were used for attractive and dramatic display in chemists shops in the late 1800s. They were advertised in the catalogue of the pharmaceutical equipment company S Maws and were available with various designs and associations. This one bears the coat of arms of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. Peruvian Bark was widely used in the treatment of fevers, later found to be caused by malaria.