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EMP. DYAFIN
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This tin–glazed albarello container was made in Siena, Italy, during the 16th century. The jar has a foot and is decorated by wavy ochre ribbons flanked by green foliage and blue, yellow, and ochre flowers. A blue-winged angel and a shield and a castle sit just above a blue and white band inscribed, <i>EMP. DYAFIN.</i> The jar may have contained emplaster diachylon, a common plaster made with lead and olive oil that was used to cover wounds.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineEMP. DYAFIN. 16th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
