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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Italian
Title:Wet drug jar
Date Made:ca. 1600
Type:Container; Medical
Materials:Ceramic; Earthenware; polychrome pigments with tin glaze (majolica)
Place Made:Europe; Italy; possibly Faenza, Emilia Romagna or the Marches
Measurements:overall: 13 1/2 in x 12 1/8 in; 34.29 cm x 30.7975 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Inscription: centered beneath spout (Dark blue on a lighter blue): •A • D • POTVLACA •
Accession Number:  MH 2002.3.5
Credit Line:Joseph J. Hammer Collection, Gift of Roy A. Hammer
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Ovoid form with spout and double scroll handle. Light blue ground with all-over leafy scroll meander in darker blue. Scrollwork banderole with the name of the drug "A.D.PORTULACA."; below is a coat of arms in orange and yellow with a medieval tower. Chips and restored cracks.

Tags:
pottery; containers; medicine

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