Object Details
- Description
- This turned wooded drug and lid with an exaggerated overhang is painted red. Cone-shaped, it widens from top to bottom. The wood has traces of red paint around the neck and the lid, and has a ivory-colored shield surrounded by a finely painted asymmetrical scalloped border in shades of brown.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0882
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 804
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0882.01
- 1991.0664.0882.02
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- turnen wood (overall production method/technique)
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 cm x 10.3 cm; 7 7/8 in x 4 1/16 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_994322
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-75ea-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
