Apothecary Jar
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: A straight walled container with a flat lid and a blue oval label framed by two mermaids. Containers with blank labels could be filled with different ingredients depending on the apothecaries needs. When the contents of the jars were replaced, apothecaries would write the appropriate name in the medallion.
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: 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: 1991.0664.0708
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05920
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0708.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0708.02
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 632
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.5 cm x 14 cm; 8 15/32 in x 5 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 20.955 cm x 13.97 cm