Object Details
- Description
- This waisted drug jar has a flared foot and a deep blue glaze over a white background. The jar is decorated with stylized flowers and leaves on the upper and lower shoulders. The label at the center of the waist is marked Ung: au Frabirm. The jar would have contained some type of unguentum, or ointment. It belongs to a set of drug containers seen in objects 1991.0664.0589 through 1991.0664.0596.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0592
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05804
- collector/donor number
- SAP 516
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0592
- Object Name
- jar
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19.3 cm x 9.1 cm; 7 19/32 in x 3 19/32 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_993660
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-563e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
