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FE: URTIC: ROM

Pennis, Johannis

This albarello has a white glazed background with an elaborate cobalt blue cartouche. A basket of fruit sits atop the cartouche, flanked by two peacocks. Also included in the design are scrolls, vines, tassels, and the face of an angel with a pendant cross. The center of the cartouche is marked “C FE: URTIC: ROM.” Urticaria is a skin rash that the medication in this jar was used to treat.

Date

1723-1789

Type

jar

Medium

ceramic (overall material)

Department

NMAH

Institution

National Museum of American History

Object number

nmah_993583

Credit

Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company