Drug Jar
date: label: date made
content: 17th century
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden drug jars were painted with Tempera paints like this example to the left. The straight walled drug jar and lid has a yellow and black five spoke wheel painted in the center of a red shield. The ivory-colored band at the neck of the container is inscribed with gothic script. The back of the container has a paper label placed at an angle. The square green and white label is marked "19".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: European Apothecary
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Wood Drug Jars
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0868
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 790
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0868.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0868.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 5 1/8 in; 25.4 cm x 12.99997 cm