Abstract
The article presents a unique set of 18th century apothecary vessels related to the Warsaw court of the Electors of Saxony. The stoneware jars were excavated at the site of the former Saxon Palace in Warsaw between 2006 and 2008. The collection, consisting of seven intact or almost completely-reconstructable specimens, is a unique find in Warsaw and in Poland. The article describes the vessels (their form, decoration and dimensions) and discusses their possible function (storing medicines used by the Saxon court). The study enlarges our limited knowledge about the material aspects of medicine in the Polish capital in the Modern period.
Highlights
The specimens were discovered during archaeological and architectural work carried out in 2006 under the supervision of Ryszard Cędrowski (Cędrowski 2006)
In 1713, King Augustus II bought an estate originally owned by Andrzej Morsztyn and in the same year ordered the construction of a line of parks and palaces linking the western outskirts of Warsaw with the Vistula River
This urban feature is known as the Saxon Axis (Polish: Oś Saska); the Saxon Palace was its main part
Summary
The specimens were discovered during archaeological and architectural work carried out in 2006 under the supervision of Ryszard Cędrowski (Cędrowski 2006). | Stoneware Jars from the 18th Century from the Saxon Palace in Warsaw 97 I have not been able to find direct analogies to the jars from the Saxon Palace among the published excavation finds either from Warsaw, Poland and the Europe.
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