Sp. diambra. comp
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This drug jar is decorated with blue arches or false gadroons. In <i>Apothecary Jars</i> by Rudolf Drey, a similar jar to 1991.0664.0648 through 1991.0664.0664, is illustrated, and attributed to Savona, a seaport town in northern Italy, and has a similar blue and manganese pallet. A portrait of a woman with short curly hair secured with a blue band (identical to 1991.0664.0659 and 1991.0664.0661) is painted on the shoulder.
label: Description
content: The jar is labeled “Sp. Diambra comp” in black text. The jar would have contained Species Diambra Complete, a powdered medicinal recipe that was similar to Pulvis Aromaticus (cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger) with the addition of ambergris and musk. The powder was used as a stomachic and tonic, to increase appetite and stimulate digestion.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Liguria, Savona
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: Drey, Rudolf E.A.. Apothecary Jars
label: Related Publication
content: Continental and British Ceramics
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: 1991.0664.0662
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 586
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0662
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.5 cm x 8.5 cm; 4 29/32 in x 3 11/32 in