The earliest known dated English delftware drug jar, 1647
This jar can boast two claims to fame: it is the earliest known dated English delftware drug jar, and it is also the earliest dated appearance of Apollo, the god of medicine, on an English drug jar.
The jar features the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries London coat of arms on its front, with a leaf, pomegranate and flower design on the reverse.
It was manufactured in 1647 at either the Pickleherring, Rotherhithe or Montague Close potteries in Southwark, London.