Tudor ointment pot from Nottingham c. 1600

This small pot was found by archaeologists in an excavation in Nottingham and has been dated to around 1600.
We know from its shape and small size and because it is glazed on the inside it was for some type of ointment. It would have had a paper or fabric lid tied under the rim to keep dirt out.
Similar pots have been recovered from the Tudor warship Mary Rose. Their contents had been preserved under the sea and revealed that the Tudors had a treatment for burns very similar to calamine lotion we use today. It was a mixture of zinc powder and animal fat.
This was just the kind of item you would find in a Tudor kitchen. With open fires and metal handles on cooking pans, burns must have been common.

Nottingham City Museums