Cylindrical jar with a flaring rim. Jars shaped like this were used to store perfumed ointments and unguents. The side is marked in pencil VI. The base marked in ink No 56 and in pencil 14006. 

CONDITION NOTE 1998: Rim chipped, cracked, surface dirt.

Danson Catalogue 2 no. 55..Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 20 - 24 January 1913.

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Cylindrical jar with a flaring rim. Jars shaped like this were used to store perfumed ointments and unguents. The side is marked in pencil VI. The base marked in ink No 56 and in pencil 14006. CONDITION NOTE 1998: Rim chipped, cracked, surface dirt. Danson Catalogue 2 no. 55..Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 20 - 24 January 1913.

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