Object Details
- Description
- This conical-shaped, wooden drug jar and lis is painted dark green. The container has an inscription painted in black. The interior walls of the container and lid are stained yellow.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0887
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 809
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0887.01
- 1991.0664.0887.02
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- turnen wood (overall production method/technique)
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 cm x 8.7 cm; 8 9/32 in x 3 7/16 in
- place made
- Germany
- 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
- Wood Drug Jars
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- European Apothecary
- Record ID
- nmah_994326
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8287-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
