Object Details
- Description
- This vase-shaped drug jar has a turned wooden lid painted red. The blue and yellow baroque-style baked enamel label has been left blank. for the apothecary. Containers with blank labels could be filled with different ingredients depending on the apothecary's needs. When the contents of the jars were replaced, apothecary would write the appropriate name in the medallion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0467
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05616
- collector/donor number
- SAP 328
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0467.01
- 1991.0664.0467.02
- Object Name
- jar
- Bottle
- Other Terms
- jar; Bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.7 cm x 8 cm; 4 19/32 in x 3 5/32 in
- 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
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993809
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-5e22-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
