Conservation for Teaching: Restoration and Educational Use of an 18th-Century “Albarello” at the Museum of the History of Pharmacy in Seville (Spain)

The permanent historical-pharmaceutical collection at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Seville (Spain) offers a glimpse into what an apothecary's shop looked like at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. Pharmacists prepared medicines by hand and stored raw materials in various containers, such as jars, oil cruets, burnias, and albarelos. Each year, the collection receives numerous donations, including a set of pharmacy jars from a private collection. Most of these are albarelos, one of which dates back to the 18th century, while others are more recent and originate from different ceramic facto-ries. This donation was transported from Murcia to Seville, during which the 18th-century jar was broken. Committed to its preservation, we contacted a master potter who re-stored the piece so it could be exhibited and appreciated by both students and visitors outside the pharmaceutical field who are passionate about cultural heritage.