Syr Papaver Er
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This baluster shaped syrup jar has a white tin glazed background with two continuous bands of stylized blue, orange and red flowers. The spout resembles the stem of a plant. The handle has two applied brown stems that overlap and terminate with green leaves at the widest point of the jar. Historian George Urdang suggests this jar was made in or around the town of Niderville in the Lorraine region of eastern France. The jar would have contained Syrup of Papaver Erraticum, the juice of red poppy, which was used as an analgesic.
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: Health & 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
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: 1991.0664.0683
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05895
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 607
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0683.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0683.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container; Syrup
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.5 cm x 18.5 cm; 8 1/16 in x 7 9/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/8 in x 7 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 21.2725 cm x 18.7325 cm x 13.335 cm