Albarello

Description:

This blue monochromatic albarello has a stylized floral motif with a circle in the center just below the shoulder. There is a sword flanked by a band of dots just above the upper shoulder and a band of cross hatched lines below the lower shoulder. An escroll in the center of the container is inscribed with gothic script.

Date Made: 1500-1599

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Italy: Emilia-Romagna, Faenza

Subject: Pharmacy

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, European Apothecary, Art

Exhibition:

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Related Publication: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection

Credit Line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1991.0664.0510Accession Number: 1991.0664Collector/Donor Number: SAP 434Catalog Number: 1991.0664.0510

Object Name: albarello

Physical Description: ceramic (overall material)Measurements: overall: 20.3 cm x 13.2 cm; 8 in x 5 3/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8713-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_993511

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