id:			123274
accession number:	1943.52.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.52.2
updated:		2025-09-13 18:35:17.122000

Pharmacy Bottle, c. 1500–1510. 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, 1943.52.2

title:				Pharmacy Bottle
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series:				
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creation date:			c. 1500–1510
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1510
current location:		118 Italian Renaissance
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, Papal States, Faenza
technique:	tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

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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. CAPILLV.
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Italian Majolica from Midwestern Collections
	opening date:   1977-09-04T04:00:00
	<i>Italian Majolica from Midwestern Collections</i>. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (organizer) (September 4-October 8, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'No existing exhibition history.', 'opening_date': None}

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PROVENANCE

	(F. A. Drey, London).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M. "Italian Majolica." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 31, no. 1 (January 1944): 7-15.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 10, Reproduced: pp. 13-14
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25141102

	Cole, Bruce. <em>Italian Maiolica from Midwestern Collections. </em>Bloomington: Indiana University Art Museum, 1977.<br>Published as <em>Drug Bottle.</em>
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 36, cat. no. 11; Reproduced: p. 37
	url:		http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=4542199

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 39, no. 41
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