Pharmacy jar (albarello)
Featuring tulips and a grotesque head in profile, this jar was designed to store herbs, powders, and other dry medicines that would have been protected from spoilage by a piece of parchment secured around the opening. The container was probably part of an order for 4,152 vessels placed by an apothecary in 1545 with Masséot Abaquesne, who ran a large workshop with his son, Laurent.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pharmacy jar (albarello)
- Maker: Workshop of Masséot Abaquesne (French, active 1538–57) and
- Maker: Laurent Abaquesne (active 1545–90)
- Date: ca. 1545
- Culture: French, Rouen
- Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware
- Dimensions: Height: 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.190.1810
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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