SY DI GIVGIOL
notes: label: Description
content: This syrup jar has a straight spout and an applied strap handle. The white glazed background is covered with depictions of buildings, flowers, and birds in varying shades of blue. It is marked “Sy Di GIVGIOL.” The jar would have contained the Syrup of Giuggiolo, or syrup from the Jujube tree. The syrup was used as a deobstruent (to remove obstacles) and a decongestant.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 1991.0664.0626
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05838
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 550
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.626
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: syrup jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.2 cm x 14.5 cm x 19.5 cm; 8 11/32 in x 5 23/32 in x 7 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 7 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 20.955 cm x 18.0975 cm x 13.97 cm