U MUNDIFICAT
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This straight walled drug jar and lid has a white glaze background and a cartouche created by blue, yellow and purple flowers and a blue ribbon. The dome-shaped lid has a sprig of flowers and an applied handle. George Urdang co-author of <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> attributes this container to 18th century Strasbourg in the Alsace region.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>The Dictionary of Photopharmacology</i> by John Quincy, an 18th century English apothecary, refers to U Mundificat as Mundificativum Unguentum, a cleansing ointment. The ingredients included honey and wheat flowers which were then boiled until thick.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Boger, Louise Ade. The Dictionary of World Pottery and Porcelain
label: Related Publication
content: Drey, Rudolf E.A.. Apothecary Jars
label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
label: Related Publication
content: J. Worth Estes. Dictionary of Protopharmacology: Therapeutic Practices, 1700-1850
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: 1991.0664.0680
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0680.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0680.02
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 604
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 cm x 13.5 cm; 10 5/8 in x 5 5/16 in