Object Details
- Description
- This albarello drug jar is decorated with stylized cobalt blue leaves. The top portion of the albarello, badly cracked and repaired, is decorated with orange–brown leaves. There are two medallions on each side of the container. One is the profile of a man wearing a hat. The second medallion is framed in cobalt blue and white and is inscribed MYRTUS. Myrtus is the common myrtle berry which grows in Southern Europe and North Africa. Over the centuries myrtle was used for ulcers and to strengthen the bones. Throughout Europe myrtle is incorporated into wedding bouquets.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0541
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05753
- collector/donor number
- SAP 465
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0541
- Object Name
- jar
- albarello
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 29 cm x 15.2 cm; 11 13/32 in x 5 31/32 in
- attributed to
- Italy: Tuscany
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Margaret B. Freeman. Herbs for the Mediaeval Household
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993680
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-9391-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
