Object Details
- Description
- This wooden drug jar and lid has an ivory-colored shield outlined in black. The interior of the shield reads "BORAX". The interior of lid has two pieces of paper glued to it. The white label is obscured by the yellow label which has a hand written inscription in black ink and is marked "Borak..." This jar is part of a set which appears to have been made for the same apothecary. Borax can be used to fight fungal infections, and is an ingredient in many homeopathic remedies. is The Deutsche Apotheken-Museum in Heidelberg, Germany has similar containers in their collection.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 19th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0888
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 810
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0888.01
- 1991.0664.0888.02
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- turnen wood (overall production method/technique)
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16.3 cm x 7.3 cm; 6 7/16 in x 2 7/8 in
- place made
- Germany
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Estes, J. Worth. Dictionary of Protopharmacology: Therapeutic Practices, 1700-1850
- Reinbacher, W. Rudolph. Healing Earths: The Third Leg of Medicine
- Elisabeth Huwer. Das Deutsche Apotheken-Museum
- 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_994327
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-739e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
