Viavi San Francisco Capsules Cannister blanket hand thrown lidded ceramic canisters

hand thrown lidded ceramic canisters have previously held the ingredients for many

adding the perfect final touch to the carefully considered ensemble of a finely dressed woman or man heading off to an important engagement

but comes I believe from the Tonala region in Jalisco and resembles the work of Carlos Villanueva

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Viavi San Francisco Capsules Cannister blanket hand thrown lidded ceramic canistersThe purpose of Viavi Capsules, in a wooden canister with a wonderful label c. 1920s or earlier, is a bit of a mystery. Viavi, based in San Francisco, produced a number of different products, most of which seem to have had to do with women's health, though even in their day the company owned by real estate magnates Herbert and Hartland Law seems to have been quite elusive about what their products did exactly. These capsules were intended as a vaginal