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File:Gallipot, England, probably London, c. 1760, tin-glazed earthenware, HD 91.150 - Flynt Center of Early New England Life - Deerfield, Massachusetts - DSC04326.jpg|{{c.|1760}}, an English tin-glazed earthenware gallipot
File:Gallipot, England, probably London, c. 1760, tin-glazed earthenware, HD 91.150 - Flynt Center of Early New England Life - Deerfield, Massachusetts - DSC04326.jpg|{{c.|1760}}, an English tin-glazed earthenware gallipot
File:MET 24 80 157 56685.jpg |Kangxi period (1662–1722) Chinese porcelain gallipot in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]<ref name="met-porcelain">{{cite web |title=Vase (gallipot) |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/52885 |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref>
File:MET 24 80 157 56685.jpg |[[Kangxi Emperor|Kangxi period]] (1662–1722) Chinese porcelain gallipot in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]<ref name="met-porcelain">{{cite web |title=Vase (gallipot) |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/52885 |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref>
File:MET 65 86 119 O1.jpg|18th-century Chinese ivory in the Metropolitan Museum of Art<ref name="met-ivory">{{cite web |title=Gallipot, 18th century |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/41974 |website= www.metmuseum.org |access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 08:26, 29 October 2024

Top view of a modern gallipot

A gallipot is a small jar, traditionally of glazed earthenware, used by apothecaries for holding ointment or medicine.[1] In the 21st century, gallipots are available in plastic as well.

The term gallipot, recorded from the 15th century, may derive from the idea of pots originally imported in galleys,[2] and has also been used for small pots used for other purposes – such as preparing an individual portion of custard[3] or melting wax while making fishing flies.[4]

A building outside which stands a pub sign with the wording "The Gallipot Inn 16th century freehouse"
The Gallipot Inn

The 16th-century Gallipot Inn in Hartfield, Sussex, England, is said to take its name "from the small glazed earthenware pots made to contain medicines and ointments that were once produced on-site".[5]

Gallipots in a variety of shapes are held in several museums.

References

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  1. ^ "Gallipot". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 16 Apr 2022.
  2. ^ "gallipot". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  3. ^ National Training School for Cookery (London) (1877). "Sickroom cookery: Savoury custard". The Official Handbook for the National Training School for Cookery: Containing the Lessons on Cookery which Constitute the Course of Instruction in the School. Chapman and Hall. p. 404. We take a small gallipot and butter it inside
  4. ^ Hutchinson, Horace Gordon (1851). Fly-fishing in Salt and Fresh Water. J. Van Voorst. p. 55. Retrieved 28 April 2021. To dissolve the wax, put a small piece in a gallipot [...] then put the gallipot in a cup of warm water
  5. ^ "The Gallipot Inn". www.foodanddrinkguides.co.uk. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Vase (gallipot)". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Gallipot, 18th century". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 28 April 2021.