European Decorative Arts and Sculpture
Drug JarMade in Puebla, Mexico, North and Central America
Late 16th to early 17th century
Artist/maker unknown, Mexican
1908-359Purchased with Museum funds, 1908
LabelThis jar has been recently identified as a piece of "San Juan polychrome." Made in Mexico City, it was among the first tin-glazed earthenware objects produced in the Americas.
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