VICTORIAN CREMOR CARMINE JAR resistance to water seepage and

resistance to water seepage and because it was considered easy to work with

They carry with them years of history

had been produced as a dye for over 600 years from the female cochineal insect

Sourced in the Cotswolds

A vintage trio of metallic Art Deco candle holders

VICTORIAN CREMOR CARMINE JAR resistance to water seepage andThis antique apothecary jar is one of three, from Burnley, Lancashire. It is has a delicate crazing pattern throughout; not to be confused with cracks, this is a phenomenon that occurs in some ceramics where an intricate spider web like design appears overtime in the glaze of a piece of pottery. This jar still boasts its original chemist label with the phone number 285, indicating that it is from or before 1905 as 4 digit phone numbers were introduced