Gallipot

A gallipot is a small jar, traditionally of glazed earthenware, used by apothecaries for holding ointment or medicine.^[1] 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,^[2] and has also been used for small pots used for other purposes – such as preparing an individual portion of custard^[3] or melting wax while making fishing flies.^[4]

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".^[5]

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

c. 1760, an English tin-glazed earthenware gallipot
Kangxi period (1662–1722) Chinese porcelain gallipot in the Metropolitan Museum of Art^[6]
18th-century Chinese ivory gallipot in the Metropolitan Museum of Art^[7]

References

^ "Gallipot". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 16 Apr 2022.
^ "gallipot". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
^ 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
^ 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
^ "The Gallipot Inn". www.foodanddrinkguides.co.uk. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^ "Vase (gallipot)". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^ "Gallipot, 18th century". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

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[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.)

[cookery-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

[hutchinson-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

[foodanddrink-5] "The Gallipot Inn". www.foodanddrinkguides.co.uk. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[met-porcelain-6] "Vase (gallipot)". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[met-ivory-7] "Gallipot, 18th century". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

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