Object Details
- Description
- This conical-shaped, wooden drug jar has an ivory-colored shield that reads "LAPID:/CANCRor:" There is a rectangular paper label partially glued to the interior of the lid with a remnant of a small piece of yellow paper attached to it. Containers 1991.0664.0889 through 892 appear to be from the same apothecary. The Deutsche Apotheken-Museum in Heidelberg, Germany has similar containers in their collection.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 19th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0891
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0891.01
- 1991.0664.0891.02
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- turnen wood (overall production method/technique)
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13.6 cm x 7 cm; 5 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in
- place made
- Germany
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Elisabeth Huwer. Das Deutsche Apotheken-Museum
- 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_994330
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-9250-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
