Object Details
- Description
- This albarello drug jar depicts two lions flanking a cartouche that is topped by a crown. The interior of the cartouche has a cross between the letter P at left and the letter A on the right. The jar is very similar in style to the ones seen in objects 1991.0664.0669–.0673. The jar is labeled with the text “Pil. Agar” in black gothic text. The jar would have contained Pillules Agarico, or pills of Agaric. Agaric refers to a fungus formed into a pill with other ingredients such as myrrh and sapa and used as a styptic (to staunch bleeding) and an expectorant.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0670
- catalog number
- M-05882
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 594
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0670
- Object Name
- jar
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12.2 cm x 9 cm; 4 13/16 in x 3 17/32 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_994532
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-a24a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
