Cinms Cassia Donz
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This waisted drug jar has a flared foot and a deep blue glaze over a white background. The jar is decorated with stylized flowers and leaves on the upper and lower shoulders. The label at the center of the waist is marked, <i>Cinms Cassia Donz.</i> The jar would have contained the plant <i>Cinnamon cassia</i>, also known as <i>Cinnamomum aromaticum</i>. The plant was often used in alcoholic solutions as a mild tonic. This jar belongs to a set of drug containers seen in objects 1991.0664.0589 through 1991.0664.0596.
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: 1991.0664.0595
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05807
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 519
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0595
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.9 cm x 13.5 cm; 7 7/16 in x 5 5/16 in