Object Details
- Description
- This blown glass urn-shaped drug jar has a long neck and applied foot. Containers of this shape were called "noennchen" or, little nuns. The white circular baked enamel label is surrounded by a blue border with a bow at the top. The label reads OL RUTHAE in black text. The jar would have contained Oil of Rue, which was oil from the common rue plant (also known as Herb-of-Grace) which was prescribed for its antimicrobial properties and as an abortifactant.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th-19th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0403
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05552
- collector/donor number
- SAP 264
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0403
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- bottle; jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 cm x 4.7 cm; 4 5/16 in x 1 7/8 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
- Religion
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993802
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-46e9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
