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 d althea. The jar would have contained an ointment made from the Althaea, or marshmallow plant. The ointment was often taken from the roots of the plant and used as an emollient and demulcent (an oily substance to relieve a sore mucous membrane). This jar 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
- 1991.0664.0596
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05808
- collector/donor number
- SAP 520
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0596
- Object Name
- syrup jar
- jar
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19 cm x 13.5 cm; 7 15/32 in x 5 5/16 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_993659
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5f13-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
