jar
notes: label: Description
content: Slightly flared conical-shaped stoneware container with a lead stopper and a pewter lid. According to Urdang, this container was produced in Mettlach in the Rhineland region of south western Germany It was used for hygroscopic (moisture absorbing) powder. The interior has a brown glaze as does the exterior with raised blue, white, black and green decorative motifes. The makers mark is on the bottom of the container.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Art
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: 1991.0664.0861
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-06073
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 785
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0861
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jar
label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14.5 cm x 7 cm; 5 11/16 in x 2 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 14.605 cm x 6.6675 cm