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  Antique Dutch Apothecary Jars

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Antique Dutch Apothecary Jars

 

 A pair of Mid 18th century Dutch wooden painted apothecary jars. They are labelled Pulv Ginae which was used as an antihelminth (against intestinal worms) and Pulv Tragacanth which is extracted from Astragalus gummifer and still in use today as a binding agent for various suspensions and mixtures as an excipient