Apothecary Jar, RAD: IPECAC
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown glass drug jar with an "oval-shaped" stopper has rounded shoulders and tapers slightly to terminate in an applied stepped foot. The container has two multi-colored floral vines connected by a blue ribbon at the top and a red ribbon at the bottom creating a wreath. The interior of the wreath is marked with the alchemical symbol for powder and, <i>RAD; IPECAC</i>. The Roman numeral II is etched into the shoulder and the number four is etched into the stopper. The opaque white color of the glass comes from the addition of tin oxide and was meant to imitate porcelain.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
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: 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: 1991.0664.0475
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05624
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0475.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0475.02
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 336
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.5 cm x 9.5 cm; 7 5/16 in x 3 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 9.525 cm