A pharmacy pot Viana faience blue decoration with the coat of arms of the Third Order of Saint Francis surmounted by a royal crown, numbered "13" Portuguese 18th C. (2nd half) hairlines, faults on the nozzle glaze marked Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 27 cm Notes: orders for apothecary jars were among the first requests received by the factory in the year of its founding, destined for the pharmacy of the Holy House of Mercy of Viana do Castelo. An identical copy is illustrated in REIS, António Matos, "A Louça de Viana", Lisbon: Livros Horizonte, 2003, p. 88, n.º E 92; another one is part of the Pharmacy Museum - vd. "Farmácia Portuguesa - Museu da Farmácia - 5000 anos de história". Lisbon: Edições INAPA, 2000, p. 65, nº 54