Object Details
- Description
- This widemouthed blown glass jar has a flared lip and an applied foot. The baked enamel cartouche decorates the clear glass with a white shield framed by blue stylized leaves and yellow ribbon and topped by a crown is typical of German pharmaceutical containers of the 17th and 18th century's. It is marked "CROC, MARTAP, ST," Crocus Martisis is a mixture of sulphur and iron.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0174
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05322
- 1991.0664.0174
- collector/donor number
- SAP 31
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- colorless (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- rococo (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 8.3 cm x 6.3 cm; 3 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in
- unspecified
- Germany
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Margaret B. Freeman. Herbs for the Mediaeval Household
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994142
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8018-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
