Apothecary Jar: Coral ALB T
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This glass apothecary jar is marked, <i>Coral ALB T</i> above the two PP's, the abbreviation for prepared. Coral was used for centuries for a variety of ills including the reduction of fever, the prevention of bleeding in pregnant women, gastric pain, and protecting infants from convulsions. Many eithteenth century paintings depict infants holding silver and coral teething sticks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: unspecified
content: Germany
topic: 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: Health & Medicine
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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: 1991.0664.0157
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05305
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0157
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint, enamel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: colorless (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
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content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blown (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.1 cm x 6.4 cm; 3 31/32 in x 2 17/32 in