Ceramic pedestal pot for Singleton's Eye Ointment
 Catalogue Number: 4123 Ceramic pedestal pot for Singleton's Eye Ointment Category: Equipment Sub-Category: Eye baths, bottles, jars Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1910 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Lambeth, London Description Of Item: Glazed earthenware shallow pot on very short pedestal foot. Blue printed lettering 'Singleton's Eye Ointment'. Overall diameter: 48mm, Height:20mm, Foot diameter:18mm. Historical Significance: The ointment was placed on top of the pedestal and covered with a wax paper seal to preserve the ointment. These were distributed by the producers in a cardboard box. This product originated in 1596 as Dr Johnson's Golden Eye Ointment. The recipe was passed by successive inheritances through the Hind and then Singleton families. It has since passed to the Folgham and then Green families. The pedestal pots were first made specifically for Singleton's Eye Ointment in about 1804. Labelling on the pots omitted the word 'Golden' from 'Singleton's Golden Eye Ointment' after about 1899.Ref: www.ointmentpots/victorian/singletons How Acquired: Donated by Pamela Sutton Date Acquired: January 2022 Condition: Good, but chip and flake to rim Location: Archive Office. Spectacles cabinet Drawer 18 |