Search Results:

Viewing Record 1 of 11 >>
View : Light Box | List View | Image List | Detailed		 


Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Italian
Title:Albarello
Date Made:early 17th century
Type:Container; Medical
Materials:Ceramic; earthenware with tin glaze
Place Made:Europe; Italy, Sicily
Measurements:Overall: 10 in x 5 1/8 in; 25.4 cm x 13.0175 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Inscription: lwr. centered beneath bust( blue lettering on white ground of banderole): regia [ or requia]. māgia:
Accession Number:  MH 2002.3.6
Credit Line:Joseph J. Hammer Collection, Gift of Roy A. Hammer
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
mh_2002_3_6_v1.jpg

Description:
Decorated with a medallion containing a female portrait surrounded by yellow and ochre scrollwork on a blue ground, a label with the name of the drug around the lower part: "requia magia:". Restored.

Tags:
pottery; containers; medicine; vessels

Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+2002.3.6

Research on objects in the collections, including provenance, is ongoing and may be incomplete. If you have additional information or would like to learn more about a particular object, please email fc-museums-web@fivecolleges.edu.

8 Related Media Items

mh_2002_3_6_v1.jpg
mh_2002_3_6_v1.jpg 		mh_2002_3_6_v1.jpg
mh_2002_3_6_v2.jpg 		mh_2002_3_6_v1.jpg
mh_2002_3_6_v3.jpg
mh_2002_3_6_v1.jpg
mh_2002_3_6_v4.jpg 		mh_2002_3_6_v1.jpg
mh_2002_3_6_v1_cc.jpg 		mh_2002_3_6_v1.jpg
mh_2002_3_6_v2_cc.jpg
mh_2002_3_6_v1.jpg
mh_2002_3_6_v3_cc.jpg 		mh_2002_3_6_v1.jpg
mh_2002_3_6_v4_cc.jpg
Viewing Record 1 of 11 >>