J F Wilkinson's Pharmaceutical Ceramics
J F Wilkinson\'s Pharmaceutical Ceramics Collection
Amongst the jewels of the Museum’s collections are over 600 ceramic drug jars that were donated to us by Dr. John Frederick Wilkinson.
The jars date from the 1500s-1800s and would have been used by pharmacists to store medicine and ingredients.
Dr. Wilkinson assembled his collection over a period of 40 years and achieved the largest collection of English pharmacy jars in the world. It includes 400 English drug jars and 200 from Italy and elsewhere.
The entire collection is on permanent display at the Museum.
