Bottle of Botica

With registration: AQVA. PORTVLACE (Purslane Water)
Globular body, with low neck. Polychrome decoration with central medallion with a portrait inserted in a laurel wreath, on a background with grotesque masks and military trophies. AQVA registration is required. PORTVLACE, Acqua Portulacea, Purslane Water. On the back, another reservation, with the inscription: a di sei d`Maggio 1550 / Fact on having (?) Durantis (?)

AQVA. PORTVLACE, Acqua Portulacea, Purslane Water. The waters could be aromatic or medicinal. They were usually obtained through the aqueous distillation of a plant or the most appropriate part of it.