Object Details
- Description
- This dark green blown glass jar has a wide mouth to accommodate dried plant material. The label is applied with the cold paint method. Unlike the enamel labels, there is no baking involved. Therefore it is not unusual to find the label has been badly scratched and suffered severe paint losses.
- The jar is decorated with an upside–down heart outlined in red with a stylized flower at the top. The label is marked TUTIA. . .. Heavy paint losses make most of the mark illegible. Tutiae, also known as Tutty, is a zinc oxide that could have been made into an ointment or balm for the skin or eyes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0349
- catalog number
- M-05498
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 210
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0349
- Object Name
- jar
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16.4 cm x 11 cm; 6 15/32 in x 4 11/32 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_1219990
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-cd93-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
