Concha Margaritifera, c1745-1807

Glass jar containing specimen of mother of pearl, Concha Margaritifera. From the Burges Collection.

Text on paper labels reads ‘Catal. Mat. Med. p. 112, no. 13’ and ‘CONCHA MARGARITIFERA’.

Pomet, in his Compleat History of Druggs, says that ‘it is used by the Women amongst their Pomatums, for a Fucus to beautify the Face.’