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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:French
Title:Drug Bottle
Date Made:mid 18th century
Type:Container; Medical
Materials:Ceramic; earthenware with tin glaze
Place Made:Europe; France
Measurements:overall: 9 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 24.765 cm x 13.97 cm
Narrative Inscription:  inscription: ctr. (blue on white ground): Aqua / Foeniculi
Accession Number:  MH 2002.3.67
Credit Line:Joseph J. Hammer Collection, Gift of Roy A. Hammer
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Slender-necked. Flattened globular bottle inscribed "AQUA FOENICULLI" on decorated oval medallions rimmed with floral, foliate and fruiting garlands. Restored neck.

Tags:
pottery; containers; medicine; vessels

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