Pharmacy bottle, ca. 1470–1500, Italian, probably Pesaro, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Overall (confirmed): 12 1/8 × 7 9/16 × 7 9/16 in. (30.8 × 19.2 × 19.2 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, Vessels of this shape, with long, narrow necks, were designed to hold liquid preparations. In this example, the inscription shows that it was meant to contain water of the bugloss plant, once valued as an antivenom
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Pharmacy bottle, ca, 1470–1500, Italian, Pesaro, Maiolica, tin-glazed earthenware, Overall, confirmed, 12 1/8, 7 9/16, 30.8, 19.2, 19.2 cm, Ceramics-Pottery, Vessels, shape, long, narrow necks, designed, hold liquid preparations, example, inscription, meant, contain water, bugloss plant, valued, antivenom
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