Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded wide mouth jar has a white oval baked enamel label that is surrounded by a blue ribbon and topped with a golden crown. The jar is marked SPONG UST with the alchemical symbol PPT. The jar would have contained Prepared Spongia Ustum, or burnt sponge. Burnt and powdered sponge was often used in blended concoctions to treat coughs or to combat scurvy.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0439
- catalog number
- M-05588
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 300
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0439
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.7 cm x 7.1 cm; 4 7/32 in x 2 25/32 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_993920
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-c78c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
