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The marks that identify a dispensary or head what it dispenses. Which one a reader meets is almost entirely a matter of geography — a green cross in France, a mortar and pestle in Britain and North America, a bowl of Hygieia across much of Europe — and none of them is standardised by anybody.
A capital letter R with a stroke across its leg, heading a prescription.
A green cross marking a pharmacy, in much of Europe.
A bowl with a grinding club resting in it, marking pharmacy and compounding.
A serpent coiled around a stemmed bowl, marking pharmacy.