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When lined up in rows on shelves, these drug jars had a powerful decorative effect. The two small handles make it easier to lift the jar, but might also have been used to fasten a cover to keep its contents fresh.\r\n\r\nHigh quality imports from Valencia in Spain, dominated the market for luxury ceramics in Italy from about 1300 until about 1470. From about 1400, Tuscan potters began to raise the quality of their products to compete with the Spanish imports. They started using a thick layer of brilliant white tin glaze, onto which they painted designs in a thickly applied and intense cobalt blue, often in combination with manganese purple outlines. 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