Object Details
- Description
- This small wide-mouthed drug jar has a whitish tin glaze decorated by a round blue shield with an empty interior. The shield is flanked by two rampant lions and topped by a crown and an orb. The maker’s mark is on the bottom of the container.
- George Urdang attributes this jar and 1991.0664.0737 to 18th century Offenbach in the state of Hesse. A potter’s mark is on the bottom of the jar.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0736
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05948
- collector/donor number
- SAP 660
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0736
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.6 cm x 8 cm; 3 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in
- place made
- Germany: Hesse, Offenbach
- 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_993562
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8b95-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
