U Defensivo
date: label: date made
content: ca 1500
label: Date made
content: 1500 - 1550
notes: label: Description
content: This squat albarello jar has a wide mouth and foot. The jar has a white glaze and is decorated with a blue stylized floral motif with a cross–hatch border just above the shoulder and the foot. The center of the jar bears the text <i>U Defensivo</i> in gothic font. The jar would have contained Unguentum Defensivum, or a defensive ointment. The ointment was composed of the plant Dragon’s blood (the red resin from several different types of trees), Armenian bole, rose oil, vinegar, and wax. The ointment was used to treat skin lesions and wounds.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Emilia-Romagna, Faenza
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: Drey, Rudolf E.A.. Apothecary Jars
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: 1991.0664.0496
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05708
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 420
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0496
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: albarello
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.3 cm x 11.6 cm; 6 1/32 in x 4 9/16 in