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"tombstone": "Pair of Pharmacy Bottles, c. 1500\u20131510. Italy, Papal States, Faenza. Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); overall: 38.8 cm (15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1943.52",
"current_location": "118 Italian Renaissance",
"title": "Pair of Pharmacy Bottles",
"creation_date": "c. 1500\u20131510",
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"technique": "tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)",
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"department": "Decorative Art and Design",
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"type": "Ceramic",
"measurements": "Overall: 38.8 cm (15 1/4 in.)",
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"inscription": "Written in lower ribbon band of 1943.52.1: A. SCABIOS.\nWritten in lower ribbon band of 1943.52.2: A. CAPILLV.",
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"did_you_know": "During the Renaissance, aristocrats tested the speed and agility of their greyhounds in a sport called \u201chare coursing.\u201d",
"description": "The inscriptions on these two pharmacy bottles suggest that they held medicinal and domestic remedies. One bottle reads SCABIOS, or \u201cscabious water,\u201d which may refer to a teasel root compound that was used to clean and decontaminate velvet. Inscribed on the other bottle is the word CAPILLV, which was a liquid extracted from a fern-like plant commonly referred to as \u201cmaiden\u2019s hair water.\u201d",
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"citation": "Milliken, William M. \"Italian Majolica.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 31, no. 1 (January 1944): 7-15.
Only Pharmacy Bottle (1943.52.2) reproduced.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 10, Reproduced: pp. 13-14",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
Only Pharmacy Bottle (1943.52.1) mentioned and reproduced.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 217",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n49"
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
Only Pharmacy Bottle (1943.52.1) reproduced.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 84",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n108"
},
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
Only Pharmacy Bottle (1943.52.1) reproduced.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 84",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n108"
},
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"citation": "Cole, Bruce. Italian Maiolica from Midwestern Collections. Bloomington: Indiana University Art Museum, 1977.
Only Pharmacy Bottle (1943.52.2) mentioned & reproduced. Published as Drug Bottle.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 36, cat. no. 11; Reproduced: p. 37",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
Only Pharmacy Bottle (1943.52.1) reproduced. Published as Drug Bottle.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 97",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n117"
},
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 39, fig. 41",
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}
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