Object Details
- Description
- This syrup jar has an ovoid body with a straight spout has a grayish-white glaze with a blue wreath and crown. Similar examples can be found in several German museums. Containers with blank labels could be filled with different ingredients depending on the apothecaries needs. When the contents of the jars were replaced, apothecaries would write the appropriate name in the medallion. Urdan attributes this syrup jar to either to the town of Ansbach or Bayreuth both located in Northern Bravaria.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0713
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05925
- collector/donor number
- SAP 637
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0713
- Object Name
- jar
- syrup jar
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20.2 cm x 13 cm x 17.5 cm; 7 15/16 in x 5 1/8 in x 6 7/8 in
- overall: 7 3/4 in x 6 3/8 in x 5 in; 19.685 cm x 16.1925 cm x 12.7 cm
- 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_993669
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-e777-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
