Jars

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I want to thank all of you who have apparently decided this thread is about cubes and minerals rather than jars.

Here it comes...

Thank you.  

Don of Tallahassee

PS. I will sell to each of you your very own thread about cubes and minerals at a very reasonable price. I also offer group prices for group threads. Let me know.

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Hey, maybe if I open a thread about cubes and minerals, would y'all will want to write about jars?

Thank you.

Don of Tallahassee

Sorry, Don, but the resins are the substances that were particularly associated with ornate jars in those days (hence the fancy jars carried by the "three wise men" who are said to have brought gold, frankincense, and myrrh).

Regular apothecary jars tend to be more utilitarian so they don't tip over when in regular use. The fancy jars are usually used for the "fancy" (more exotic and more expensive) stuff that often came from the middle east and Levant and plant resins are high on the list of exotic plant substances (particularly balsam). In the more northern parts, only the nobility could afford them (and only the nobility could afford the fancy jars for storing, serving or gifting them).