AQ/ FENICV
date: label: date made
content: ca 1700
notes: label: Description
content: This ovoid–shaped drug container has a slender neck and a pinched spout. The jar is decorated with a blue floral design, and is marked around the center “FENICV.” The jar would have contained Feniculum (or foeniculum), also known as fennel. Fennel was used as a carminative, an expectorant, and a diuretic.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Liguria, Savona
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: 1991.0664.0642
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05854
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 566
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0642
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jug
label: Object Name
content: jug
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.5 cm x 15.5 cm; 9 21/32 in x 6 3/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 6 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 16.51 cm