Object Details
- Description
- This wooden straight-walled drug jar and lid is painted dark green, with an ivory-colored oval medallion surrounded by ivory-colored half moons and c-scrolls. The interior of the medallion is marked in black, "Virid oris". The Interior wall of the container and lid is stained with a bright green residue.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0879
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 801
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0879.01
- 1991.0664.0879.02
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- turnen wood (overall production method/technique)
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17.5 cm x 7.9 cm; 6 7/8 in x 3 1/8 in
- place made
- Germany
- 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
- European Apothecary
- Wood Drug Jars
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- European Apothecary
- Record ID
- nmah_994319
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-75e9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
