Pharmacy Bottle

c. 1500–1510 Overall: 38.8 cm (15 1/4 in.) Source image
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Pharmacy bottles that lined the shelves of Renaissance pharmacies often held medicinal herbs, spices, and ointments. The inscription on this bottle reads SCABIOS, or “scabious water,” which may refer to a teasel root compound that was used to clean and decontaminate velvet.

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