Syrup Jar
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This syrup jar has an ovoid body with a straight spout has a grayish-white glaze with a blue wreath and crown. Similar examples can be found in several German museums. 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. Urdan attributes this syrup jar to either to the town of Ansbach or Bayreuth both located in Northern Bravaria.
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: 1991.0664.0713
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05925
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 637
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0713
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: syrup jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.2 cm x 13 cm x 17.5 cm; 7 15/16 in x 5 1/8 in x 6 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 6 3/8 in x 5 in; 19.685 cm x 16.1925 cm x 12.7 cm