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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Italian
Title:Wet Drug Jar
Date Made:17th century
Type:Container; Medical
Materials:Ceramic; earthenware with tin glaze
Place Made:Europe; Italy
Measurements:overall: 7 1/4 in x 8 3/4 in; 18.415 cm x 22.225 cm
Narrative Inscription:  inscription: ctr. centered beneath spout (manganese on white ground painted blue): • OLIO • DVIOLE •
Accession Number:  MH 2002.3.52
Credit Line:Joseph J. Hammer Collection, Gift of Roy A. Hammer
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
"OLIO. D VIOLE" above a cartouche surrounded by an oak leaf ground of blue and white. Extensively restored.

Tags:
pottery; containers; medicine; vessels

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