Object Details
- Description
- This dark green blown glass jar has a wide mouth to accommodate dried plant material. The label is applied with the cold paint method. Unlike the enamel labels, there is no baking involved. Therefore it is not unusual to find the label has been badly scratched and suffered severe paint loss.
- The decoration appears as an upside–down heart outlined in red with a stylized flower at the top. The label is marked in red and black FLOR AERUG. This jar would have contained Aerugo, which is Latin for “rust of copper” or copper acetate that would have been used as an emetic or an escharotic (a salve or substance that causes tissue to die and fall away).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0350
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05499
- collector/donor number
- SAP 211
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0350
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 cm x 9.5 cm; 5 1/8 in x 3 3/4 in
- 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_993788
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-68fe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
