[Ansteorra] wax inside of period drinking vessels

[Paul DeLisle]

Actually, if they were "medicinal" containers...they could easily have been
apothecary- or chemist's-jars....those could have contained High-molar acids
or bases, and wax is a good liner for those materials (they would eat any
plain pottery material away, fired or not.)

In Service, I remain
Alden Pharamond
Tir Meoin, Ansteorra
(...and still full of useless information...)

> Sorry folks, I fell into another one of those 21st centuryisms,
> paraffin =
> wax. The vessels I saw in the V&A were wax-lined, most probably
> beeswax but
> the card identifying them was not specific about the wax. They
> were labeled
> as medicinal containers. My best guess assumption would be to protect the
> contents from moisture etc. to retain potency, but that is an assumption
> based on my 21st century medical knowledge. Thanks for all who
> gave input to
> this discussion. One of the things this list is supposed to be for,
> disseminating knowledge.
>
> Hashieka Maleah
> (that's Baroness for all you Franks)