Object Details
- Description
- This blue and white drug container is marked at the waist “Ung Petoral.” A white cartouche on the lower portion of the jar also reads “Ung. Pectoral.” Unguent Pectoral is an ointment used for ailments of the chest and lungs. Albarelli jars with wide mouths were used to store dry, bulky materials such as leaves and bark.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0607
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05819
- collector/donor number
- SAP 531
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0607
- Object Name
- jar
- jar
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.5 cm x 13.5 cm; 7 9/32 in x 5 5/16 in
- overall: 7 3/8 in x 5 7/8 in; 18.7325 cm x 14.9225 cm
- place made
- Italy: Liguria, Savona
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Drey, Rudolf E.A.. Apothecary Jars
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993654
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7714-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
