Object Details
- Description
- This white and blue majolica drug jar has a round shield topped by a crown in its center. The maker’s mark is on the bottom of the container and has been attributed to the city of Nuremberg, Germany.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0732
- catalog number
- M-05944
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 656
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0732
- Object Name
- jar
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 cm x 11.5 cm; 6 5/16 in x 4 17/32 in
- overall: 6 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 11.43 cm
- 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
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993572
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-ecba-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
