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Jar, drug
Drug jar, earthenware, standing on a spreading foot, globular body, concave neck, short straight spout, ridged loop handle; the interior covered with a white tin-glaze, the exterior covered with a blue 'berettino' tin-glaze, this then decorated in blue, orange and yellow with around most of the body small white crescents and scattered orange trophies, around the spout and over the front of the body the figure of St. Paul with the right hand raised and carrying a sword in the other hand against a yellow ground framed by green and black foliage, below the figure is painted the inscription "OL. LUMBRIC" in black, around the lower body, neck and handle borders of orange semi-circles and ovals, yellow bands around the foot and lip-rim, a blue edge to the lip of the spout. The spout broken and repaired, the foot-rim chipped.