Object Details
- Description
- Piper Album or white has been used for centuries in medicines. It is purported to help with the digestion of food, and control nausea and vomiting.
- This conical-shaped, wooden drug jar and lid has an ivory-colored shield reads "PIPER/ALBUM".
- The lid has two paper labels glued to the interior. The yellow label is a hand written inscription written in black ink reads "Lifliargyrum/..." 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
- 1991.0664.0889
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 811
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0889.01
- 1991.0664.0889.02
- 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: 17.3 cm x 8.2 cm; 6 13/16 in x 3 7/32 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_994328
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8bb7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
