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Pharmacy Jar (Albarello)
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Pharmacy Jar (Albarello)

c. 1475–80 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

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Storage jars that lined the shelves of Renaissance pharmacies often held medicinal herbs, spices, and ointments. Their shape made them easy to grasp while the flared lip allowed apothecaries to seal off the contents with parchment or cloth secured by a string. A scroll on the back of this vessel indicates that it may have once held a peony compound.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit linePharmacy Jar (Albarello), c. 1475–80. Italy, Florentine region, Cafaggiolo. Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1941.550
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