LOH ALTHE
date: label: Date made
content: 1700 - 1750
notes: label: Description
content: This albarello is decorated with a blue floral design. The center of the jar is marked, “LOH ALTHE” in black. The jar would have contained althaea root, which was used as an aperients and laxative.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
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: 1991.0664.0641
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05853
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 565
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0641
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.8 cm x 13 cm; 6 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 17.145 cm x 12.065 cm