Pharmacy Jar (Albarello)

Place of OriginPesaro, Italy

Dateabout 1470-1480

Dimensions11 1/2 × 5 7/8 × 4 1/2 × 5 3/8 in. (29.2 × 14.9 × 11.4 × 13.7 cm)

MediumTin-glazed earthenware, known as maiolica

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LinePurchased with proceeds from the Jacobson Stores Inc.’s "Celebration of Things Italian" fundraiser, 1992, and with funds from the Libbey Endowment, gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1992.23

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 19

Label TextAccording to its inscription, this jar contained “diet of the poppy”— opium, or a related substance made from poppies.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Inspired Giving: The Apollo Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition, October 15, 2010-February 13, 2011 (not in catalog).