Pil agar
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This albarello drug jar depicts two lions flanking a cartouche that is topped by a crown. The interior of the cartouche has a cross between the letter P at left and the letter A on the right. The jar is very similar in style to the ones seen in objects 1991.0664.0669–.0673. The jar is labeled with the text “Pil. Agar” in black gothic text. The jar would have contained Pillules Agarico, or pills of Agaric. Agaric refers to a fungus formed into a pill with other ingredients such as myrrh and sapa and used as a styptic (to staunch bleeding) and an expectorant.
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: 1991.0664.0670
label: catalog number
content: M-05882
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 594
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0670
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.2 cm x 9 cm; 4 13/16 in x 3 17/32 in