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Pair of Pharmacy Bottles
c. 1500–1510
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The inscriptions on these two pharmacy bottles suggest that they held medicinal and domestic remedies. One bottle reads SCABIOS, or “scabious water,” 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 “maiden’s hair water.”
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- Title: Pair of Pharmacy Bottles
- Date Created: c. 1500–1510
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 38.8 cm (15 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: (F. A. Drey, London).
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.52
- Medium: tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
- Inscriptions: Written in lower ribbon band of 1943.52.1: A. SCABIOS. Written in lower ribbon band of 1943.52.2: A. CAPILLV.
- Fun Fact: During the Renaissance, aristocrats tested the speed and agility of their greyhounds in a sport called “hare coursing.”
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Culture: Italy, Papal States, Faenza
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession Number: 1943.52
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