V.PET TORA
date: label: date made
content: 16th century
label: Date made
content: 1500 - 1599
notes: label: Description
content: This tin–glazed albarello was made in Siena, Italy during the 16th century. The jar is decorated with ochre wavy ribbons that flank green foliage and blue, yellow, and ochre flowers over a white glazed background. A blue winged angel and a shield and a castle sit just above a blue and white band inscribed, <i>V.PET TORA.</i> The jar would have contained unguentum pectoral, an ointment to help alleviate a variety of chest pains and lung ailments.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
label: place made
content: Italy: Tuscany, Siena
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: 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: 1991.0664.0534
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05746
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 458
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0534
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.8 cm x 10.2 cm; 7 in x 4 1/32 in