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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Dutch
Title:Drug jar
Date Made:18th-19th century
Type:Container; Medical
Materials:Earthenware; cobalt pigment with tin glaze (delftware)
Place Made:Europe; Netherlands
Measurements:overall: 8 in x 7 3/8 in; 20.32 cm x 18.7325 cm
Narrative Inscription:  inscription: ctr. (blue on white ground): U. / NUTRITUM.
Accession Number:  MH 2002.3.29
Credit Line:Joseph J. Hammer Collection, Gift of Roy A. Hammer
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Painted on one side in blue with a cartouche outlined in strapwork and surmounted by confronting peacocks, inscribed "U. NUTRITUM."

Tags:
pottery; containers; medicine

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