Object Details
- Description
- This square-shaped blown and molded glass apothecary jar has a baked enamel baroque-style blue and yellow cartouche on its front. It is labeled TART TARTAR in black, with the first letter in each word in red. Tartar, also known as cream of tartar, or potassium bitartrate is a byproduct of the wine making process, crystallizing from the pulp and skins of grapes called must, in the fermenting barrel. Tartar was used as a diuretic and as a cathartic.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th-18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0342
- catalog number
- M-05491
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 203
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0342
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.5 cm x 7 cm x 7.4 cm; 4 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 15/16 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_993930
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a12a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
