Object Details
- Description
- This tin glazed conical drug jar is decorated with two curved blue vines to form an oval cartouche. The interior of the cartouche is marked, “Vng. Alaba strin.” The jar would have contained Unguentum Alabastrinum, an ointment made from powdered alabaster, chamomile, rose petals, and wax that was used as an emollient.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 1600 - 1699
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0859
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-06071
- collector/donor number
- SAP 784
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0859.1
- 1991.0664.0859.2
- Object Name
- jar
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 cm x 13.5 cm; 9 1/16 in x 5 5/16 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
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993678
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-79fa-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
