Albarello
Albarello
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- Description
- This blue monochromatic albarello drug jar depicts the rear view of a man on horseback wearing a wide brimmed hat, who is riding towards several buildings on a hill. Historian George Urdang attributes this piece to early 18th-century Savona.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- albarello
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24.6 cm x 12.5 cm; 9 11/16 in x 4 29/32 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0606
- catalog number
- M-05818
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 530
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0606
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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