Object Details
- Description
- One side of this red wooden drug jar has a black shield outlined in gold with a unicorn in the center and the opposite side has an ivory-colored shield. The inscription inside the shield is marked "Alumen M??nos.". At the neck of the container is a black band trimmed in gold-colored paint and reads "Alumen plum.". The inscription just above the gold-colored band at the base of the container is "No. 105"
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0870
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0870.01
- 1991.0664.0870.02
- Object Name
- jar
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20.4 cm x 10.4 cm; 8 1/16 in x 4 1/8 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_994306
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-79e0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
