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LicenseItalian syrup jar, early C18 blue and white probably from
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Italian syrup jar
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Italian syrup jar, early C18 blue and white probably from Veneto, used for oil of puppydogs
Oglio di Cagnolini is Italian for “Oil of Puppy Dogs”. A recipe from 1696 recommends boiling two live puppies (less than nine days old) with Oil of Violets until the bones break down before adding 1 lb (0.45 kg ) of earthworms (probably live) and wine. The mixture was boiled and the resulting oil used to soothe aches and pains.
Details
- Category:
- Medical Ceramic-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A631983
- Materials:
- whole, pottery, blue-grey on white ground
- Measurements:
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overall: 196 mm x 188 mm 152 mm, .76kg
- type:
- syrup jar
