This tin-glazed earthenware (delftware) container for medical potions was made in England or the Netherlands. It comes from a mixed context within the fort that dates to the early years of the second quarter of the seventeenth century.

Also known as an apothecary jar, this is the most common form found in the early contexts of James Fort. Almost 3,000 sherds of delftware drug jars have been uncovered! As the name suggests, these jars would be used to store the preparations and salves prepared by the apothecary for medical use. As convenient, colorful containers, the drug jars were probably used for a variety of storage needs.