SYR RUBI IDAEI
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This vase shaped majolica container has a curved spout and is decorated with a colorful circular floral design. Inside the design is the text "SYR RUBI IDAEI” in black. The jar would have contained a syrup of rubus idaeus (raspberry), which was used as a tonic, diuretic, or diaphoretic.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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: 1991.0664.0746
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05958
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 670
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0746
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.3 cm x 16.5 cm x 15.5 cm; 8 in x 6 1/2 in x 6 3/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 6 in x 5 1/8 in; 20.32 cm x 15.24 cm x 13.0175 cm