Object Details
- Description
- This waisted drug jar has a white background decorated with stylized garlands of blue and orange flowers surrounded by green leaves. The waist has a band of gothic–style letters that read Ung Santalinum. The foot has a green wash and the lid has a band of blue flowers. The lid has a crack down the center and the finial has broken off. Historian George Urdang attributes this piece to mid–eighteenth century Strasbourg. The jar would have contained Unguentum santalum, or ointment from the "Santalum", or sandalwood tree. The oils from sandalwood were well known for their strong aromas, and were used as an antivenereal and astringent.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- 1725 - 1775
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0678
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05890
- collector/donor number
- SAP 602
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0678.01
- 1991.0664.0678.02
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.3 cm x 11.2 cm; 7 7/32 in x 4 13/32 in
- place made
- France
- Germany
- Related Publication
- Boger, Louise Ade. The Dictionary of World Pottery and Porcelain
- Drey, Rudolf E.A.. Apothecary Jars
- 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_994244
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-88e9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
