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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Italian
Title:Albarello
Date Made:18th-19th century
Type:Container; Medical
Materials:Ceramic; earthenware with tin glaze (delftware)
Place Made:Europe; Italy
Measurements:overall: 7 3/8 in x 4 7/8 in; 18.7325 cm x 12.3825 cm
Narrative Inscription:  inscription: ctr. (manganese on white ground): CANTARELLE [lle is raised and diminutive]
Accession Number:  MH 2002.3.19
Credit Line:Joseph J. Hammer Collection, Gift of Roy A. Hammer
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Footed drug jar decorated with panels bordered with blue scroll, foliate and floral decorations, inscribed "CANTARELLE." Probably used for a compound made from mushrooms.

Tags:
pottery; containers; medicine; vessels

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