Pharmacy jar (albarello),ca.

Featuring tulips and a grotesque head in profile, this jar was designed to store herbs, powders, and other dry medicines that would have been protected from spoilage by a piece of parchment secured around the opening. The container was probably part of an order for 4,152 vessels placed by an apothecary in 1545 with Masséot Abaquesne, who ran a large workshop with his son, Laurent.

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Date: ca. 1545

Dimensions: Height: 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)

Coordinates: 40.779442, -73.963246

Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

Object type: Apothecary jars; Ceramics; Earthenware; Glazing; Jars; Pottery; Vessels

Title: Pharmacy jar (albarello),ca.

Link: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/194303

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