Apothecary Jar
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This blown-glass drug container has a flared lip and an applied foot. It is decorated with a blank white shield framed in blue and yellow with baroque-style scrolls and leaves. A blank shield allowed the apothecary to change the contents of the container and then mark the name of the new medicine on the blank label.
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
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: 1991.0664.0396
label: catalog number
content: M-05545
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 257
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0396
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: Bottle; jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.9 cm x 7 cm; 4 5/16 in x 2 3/4 in