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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Pharmacy Bottle

Pharmacy Bottle

c. 1500–1510
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Overall: 38.8 cm (15 1/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.52.1
Location: 118 Italian Renaissance

Did You Know?

During the Renaissance, aristocrats tested the speed and agility of their greyhounds in a sport called "hare coursing."

Description

Pharmacy bottles that lined the shelves of Renaissance pharmacies often held medicinal herbs, spices, and ointments. The inscription on this bottle reads SCABIOS, or “scabious water,” which may refer to a teasel root compound that was used to clean and decontaminate velvet.
  • (F. A. Drey, London).
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 217 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 84 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 84 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
    Published as Drug Bottle. Reproduced: p. 97 archive.org
  • No existing exhibition history.
  • {{cite web|title=Pharmacy Bottle|url=false|author=|year=c. 1500–1510|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1943.52.1