Object Details
- Description
- This blown glass drug jar with an "oval-shaped" stopper has rounded shoulders and tapers slightly to terminate in an applied stepped foot. The container has two multi-colored floral vines connected by a blue ribbon at the top and a red ribbon at the bottom creating a wreath. The interior of the wreath is marked with the alchemical symbol for powder and, RAD; IPECAC. The Roman numeral II is etched into the shoulder and the number four is etched into the stopper. The opaque white color of the glass comes from the addition of tin oxide and was meant to imitate porcelain.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0475
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05624
- 1991.0664.0475.01
- 1991.0664.0475.02
- collector/donor number
- SAP 336
- Object Name
- jar
- jar
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.5 cm x 9.5 cm; 7 5/16 in x 3 3/4 in
- overall: 7 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 9.525 cm
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994213
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-9086-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
