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Maker(s):	Unknown
Culture:	Italian
Title:	Albarello
Date Made:	16th century
Type:	Container; Medical
Materials:	Ceramic; earthenware with tin glaze
Place Made:	Europe; Italy, Cafaggiolo
Measurements:	overall: 8 5/8 in x 5 in; 21.9075 cm x 12.7 cm
Narrative Inscription:	inscription: ctr. (blue on white ground): • ELL • LENITIVO •
Accession Number:	MH 2002.3.12
Credit Line:	Joseph J. Hammer Collection, Gift of Roy A. Hammer
Museum Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
Decorated with the name of the drug in blue on a white ground within a label about the center; manganese, ochre, green and blue foliate scrollwork bands above and below.

Tags:
pottery; containers; medicine; vessels

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