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Albarello
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This albarello has horizontal and vertical bands of blue, green and yellow vines and leaves. The center of the jar features a profile of a bearded soldier wearing a helmet. To the left of the soldier is a small band marked, <i>Marce.</i> Below the portrait is a scroll marked <i>Coserua: vio laru</i> in blue text. Pharmaceutical historian George Urdang attributes this albarello to the Italian town once known as Castel Durante, before its name was changed to Urbina in 1635.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineAlbarello. 16th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
