Object Details
- Description
- This drug jar is decorated with blue arches or false gadroons. In Apothecary Jars by Rudolf Drey, a similar jar to 1991.0664.0648 through 1991.0664.0664, is illustrated, and attributed to Savona, a seaport town in northern Italy, and has a similar blue and manganese pallet. A portrait of a woman with short curly hair secured with a blue band (identical to 1991.0664.0659 and 1991.0664.0661) is painted on the shoulder.
- The jar is labeled “Sp. Diambra comp” in black text. The jar would have contained Species Diambra Complete, a powdered medicinal recipe that was similar to Pulvis Aromaticus (cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger) with the addition of ambergris and musk. The powder was used as a stomachic and tonic, to increase appetite and stimulate digestion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0662
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 586
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0662
- Object Name
- jar
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12.5 cm x 8.5 cm; 4 29/32 in x 3 11/32 in
- place made
- Italy: Liguria, Savona
- Related Publication
- Drey, Rudolf E.A.. Apothecary Jars
- Continental and British Ceramics
- 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_994237
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-a89c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
