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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Spanish or Italian
Title:Wet drug jar containing a compound made from borage
Date Made:17th or 18th century
Type:Container; Medical
Materials:Earthenware; polychrome pigments with tin glaze (majolica)
Place Made:Europe; Spain or Italy
Measurements:overall: 12 1/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 31.115 cm x 27.305 cm
Narrative Inscription:  inscription: ctr. centered beneath spout (black on white ground painted yellow): A.D.BORRAGINE
Accession Number:  MH 2002.3.62
Credit Line:Joseph J. Hammer Collection, Gift of Roy A. Hammer
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Double-handled. Decorated with scrolling foliage and blossoms in blue, the label with "A.D. BORRAGIN" in black on yellow, the scrolling handles marbleized. Coat of arms beneath label. Cracked.

Tags:
pottery; containers; medicine

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