Albarello

This albarello has a white background and blue, green, purple–brown and yellow–orange stylized floral motifs flanked by solid bands of color. Pharmaceutical historian George Urdang dates this albarello to 16th-century Florence. In a letter dated 7 October 1973, pharmaceutical historian and author Dr. D. A. Wittop Koning attributes the place of origin to the Netherlands, and Professor Wolfgang–Hagen Hein, to 16th-century Antwerpen.

Date: 1500 - 1599
Type: jar
Medium: ceramic (overall material)
Department: NMAH
Institution: National Museum of American History
Object number: nmah_993609
Credit: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

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Albarello

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