Object Details
- Description
- This blue monochrome albarello-shaped drug jar has a stylized cobalt-blue floral motif with a cross-hatch band just above the shoulder and foot. An escroll in the center of the container is inscribed in gothic script, u dialtea. This jar would have contained Unguentum Dialthaea, an ointment made from the gummy extract of the roots of the Althaea officinalis, also known as the Marshmallow. The ointment was used to soothe irritated throats and to relieve coughs.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ca 1500
- 1500 - 1550
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0495
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05707
- collector/donor number
- SAP 419
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0495
- Object Name
- jar
- albarello
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17.3 cm x 12.5 cm; 6 13/16 in x 4 29/32 in
- place made
- Italy: Emilia-Romagna, Faenza
- Related Publication
- 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_993516
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-9d65-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
