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Drug jar (albarello)

about 1600
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 24.5 × 14 cm (9 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
Weight = 2.0 lbs
Credit LineBequest of George Washington Wales
Accession number03.205
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenancePossibly acquired in Rome by George Washington Wales (b. 1815 - d. 1896) and Maria Wharton Dow Wales (b. 1816 - d. 1902), Boston [see note]; 1903, bequest of George Washington Wales to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 15, 1903)

NOTE: A label on the underside of the jar reads "795 / Castel Durante / to Rome."
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