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Small ceramic vessel

Small ceramic mercury jar from 16th century, uncovered at Stepney Green
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This small ceramic vessel was probably made in Spain after about 1500. It has thick walls and may have been used to hold mercury, which was used in medicine at this time. It may have belonged to the physician, Richard Mead, who lived here from 1696 and 1719.