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Syrup Drug Jar, Turin?, 18th Century

Inventory Number 34476


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.34476

Item type
Object
Provenance
Made for the Ospedale Maggiore della Carita in Novara.
Primary inscriptions
"HOSP.MAI.CHAR.CIV.NOV." "Ol. Vulp."
Physical material
Glazed earthenware
Object type
Drug jar
Dimensions
Diameter: 145mm Height: 180mm Width: 200mm Weight: 800g
Inventory No
34476

Description

Polychrome syrup drug jar decorated with floral designs. For oil of foxes. A paper label stuck at the base: "Property of A. Nerville  Rolfe".