Wooden apothecary vessel for dried quince fruit

On the front, there is an escutcheon with the inscription: Poma Cydoniorum imat(immaturus), meaning the fruit of the quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.). It was mainly used as a thickener, as the quince fruit contains a lot of thick juices. Quince fruit preparations were also used to relieve irritation caused by stomatitis and as a liquid for washing sore eyes and the skin of the eyelid. ID no.: KGZ 890/22 Time of creation: 19th century Museum: The Museum of Pharmacy at the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków https://muzea.malopolska.pl/en/objects-list/863 Digitalisation: RDW MIC, Virtual Małopolska project