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Sp. diambra. comp
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This drug jar is decorated with blue arches or false gadroons. In <i>Apothecary Jars</i> by Rudolf Drey, a similar jar to 1991.0664.0648 through 1991.0664.0664, is illustrated, and attributed to Savona, a seaport town in northern Italy, and has a similar blue and manganese pallet. A portrait of a woman with short curly hair secured with a blue band (identical to 1991.0664.0659 and 1991.0664.0661) is painted on the shoulder.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineSp. diambra. comp. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
