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ELLEET E EVC ROS
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This albarello features a painted yellow oval baroque shield with a knight’s helmet at the top. The shield is framed by blue flowers. The interior of the shield features an image of a castle tower with three stars above, and the initials<i>G C</i> in between the stars. Below the lower shoulder the jar is also marked <i>ELLEET E ESVC ROS.</i> The jar would have contained an electuary of rose, a paste composed of rose water and rose petals that was used as a salve.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineELLEET E EVC ROS. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
