Albarello
Albarello
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- Description
- This white albarello displays a blue shield divided into four sections with depictions of two castles and two lions. A yellow–brownish free–form label below the shield has been left blank, to be filled in by the apothecary.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- albarello
- Date made
- 1575 - 1599
- place made
- Italy
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13.5 cm x 9 cm; 5 5/16 in x 3 17/32 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0518
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05730
- collector/donor number
- SAP 442
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0518
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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