Object Details
- Description
- This waisted drug jar has a flared foot and a deep blue glaze over a white background. The jar is decorated with stylized flowers and leaves on the upper and lower shoulders. The label at the center of the waist is marked, Cinms Cassia Donz. The jar would have contained the plant Cinnamon cassia, also known as Cinnamomum aromaticum. The plant was often used in alcoholic solutions as a mild tonic. This jar belongs to a set of drug containers seen in objects 1991.0664.0589 through 1991.0664.0596.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0595
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05807
- collector/donor number
- SAP 519
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0595
- Object Name
- jar
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.9 cm x 13.5 cm; 7 7/16 in x 5 5/16 in
- 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_993661
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5f1d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
