Object Details
- Description
- This wide mouth glass jar has a flattened collar, and applied round foot. The clear glass blown container is decorated with a baked enamel cartouche with a white medallion framed by blue stylized vines and topped by a yellow crown. It is marked P/ RAD/ IPECAC with the alchemical symbol for powder.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th-18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0161
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05309
- collector/donor number
- SAP 18
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint, enamel (overall material)
- colorless (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.4 cm x 6.5 cm; 4 1/8 in x 2 9/16 in
- unspecified
- 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
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994130
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-b041-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
