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Syrup jar used for Scabious Water, Italy, 1648
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Syrup jar used for Scabious Water, Italy, 1648
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The Latin inscription painted on the side, Aqua Scabiosae, translates into English as “Scabious Water”. Water infused with pink, white and blue scabious flowers was stored in this earthenware jar, probably with a protective cover of vellum or paper tied with string.

The water was drunk to expel phlegm from the body, especially if coughs and colds were affecting the chest. Taken with theriac – an expensive thick sticky liquid medicine made from numerous ingredients – the treatment was used against plague.

maker: Unknown maker

Place made: Deruta, Perugia, Umbria, Italy

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Keywords: theriac; syrup jar; Plague; Pharmacy; phlegm
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  • Photo number: L0058347
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