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Maker(s):	Unknown
Culture:	Italian
Title:	Wet Drug Jar
Date Made:	1663
Type:	Container; Medical
Materials:	Ceramic; earthenware with tin glaze
Place Made:	Europe; Italy, Abruzzi
Measurements:	overall: 15 in x 10 7/8 in; 38.1 cm x 27.6225 cm
Narrative Inscription:	inscription: ctr. beneath spout (manganese on white ground): • A • D • ACETOSA • ; ctr. beneath handle (blue on white ground): 1663
Accession Number:	MH 2002.3.61
Credit Line:	Joseph J. Hammer Collection, Gift of Roy A. Hammer
Museum Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
Oviform decorated in blue with all-over leaf froms, wide label band lettered in manganese "A*D*ACETOSA" below a polychrome Tuscan coat of arms.

Tags:
pottery; containers; medicine; vessels

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