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Top view of a modern gallipot

A gallipot is a small jar, traditionally of glazed earthenware, used by apothecaries for holding ointment or medicine. 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, and has also been used for small pots used for other purposes – such as preparing an individual portion of custard or melting wax while making fishing flies.

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".

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

  • c. 1760, an English tin-glazed earthenware gallipot c. 1760, an English tin-glazed earthenware gallipot
  • Kangxi period (1662–1722) Chinese porcelain gallipot in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Kangxi period (1662–1722) Chinese porcelain gallipot in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • 18th-century Chinese ivory gallipot in the Metropolitan Museum of Art 18th-century Chinese ivory gallipot in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

References

  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.
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