store and serve

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Ceramic vessels used for storing and serving were not only made to be functional, but also often designed to be attractive. Intricately decorated Moroccan jobbanas were traditionally used to store a type of soft cheese, but the form is now used to serve harira, a type of soup. The Italian albarello stored medicine, while the Mexican botijo used evaporation to keep water cool.

 

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