id:			123272
accession number:	1943.52
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.52
updated:		2019-06-27 08:04:36.008000

Pair of Pharmacy Bottles, c. 1460-80. Italy, Faenza, 15th century. 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

title:				Pair of Pharmacy Bottles
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creation date:			c. 1460-80
creation date earliest:		1475
creation date latest:		1485
current location:		118 Italian Renaissance
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, Faenza, 15th century
technique:	tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 38.8 cm (15 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	written in lower ribbon band: A. SCABIOS.
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(F. A. Drey, London).
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wall description: 
Each bottle is decorated with a greyhound chasing a hare. Below are inscriptions that identified the contents: "A. CAPILLV" (Aqua Capillorum Veneris), an extract of fern, and "A[qua] SCABIOS," referring to a compound of water and herbs of the teasel family.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 217
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n49

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 84
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n108

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 84
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n108

	Cole, Bruce. <em>Italian Maiolica from Midwestern Collections. </em>[Bloomington, Ind.]: Indiana University Art Museum, September 4-October 8, 1977.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 36, cat. no. 11; Reproduced: p. 37
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 97
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n117

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