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Drug Jar, Rouen or Nevers?, 18th Century
Inventory Number:	53809
Object Type:
Place Created:	Rouen France Europe
Brief Description:	Polychrome drug jar decorated with green and yellow snakes coiled around tree branches which border the drug's name. Inscription means electuarum diascordium, an anti-venereal electuary with water-germander as its main ingredient.
Primary Inscriptions:	"Elect. Diascord."
Collection Group:
Material(s):	Glazed earthenware
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 175 109 mm
Narratives Inventory no. 53809 - Former Display Label Gallery Information Sheet about Drug Jars

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