ELLEET E EVC ROS
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This albarello features a painted yellow oval baroque shield with a knight’s helmet at the top. The shield is framed by blue flowers. The interior of the shield features an image of a castle tower with three stars above, and the initials<i>G C</i> in between the stars. Below the lower shoulder the jar is also marked <i>ELLEET E ESVC ROS.</i> The jar would have contained an electuary of rose, a paste composed of rose water and rose petals that was used as a salve.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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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: 1991.0664.0575
label: catalog number
content: M-05787
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 499
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0575
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: albarello
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 cm x 11.5 cm; 7 7/8 in x 4 17/32 in