PLIRY ARCOTICO
date: label: date made
content: ca 1700
notes: label: Description
content: The lower shoulder of the jar bears the inscription <i>PLIRY ARCOTICO</i>. The jar would have contained Pleres Arconticum Electuarium, an electuary made from pearls. Electuaries are a blend of various herbs, water, honey and sugar which form a paste. This particular substance was made from pearls, red coral, musk, aloe, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and roses, and was used as a tonic and remedy for depression.
label: Description
content: This drug jar belongs to a series of containers 1991.0664.0525 through 1991.0664.0529 which have been attributed to eighteenth century Savona. The white glazed background is decorated with blue vines and yellow flowers. The center of the jar contains a coat of arms within a yellow shield and topped by a knight’s helmet. The escutcheon has a radiant yellow star at the top, three horizontal yellow stars on a white background in the center of the shield, and a lower field of blue and yellow stripes. The initials <i>G.C.</i> are on the lower left side of the shield, and the initial <i>E</i> is placed to the lower right side of the shield.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: 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: 1991.0664.0529
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 453
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0529
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.3 cm x 10.2 cm; 6 7/16 in x 4 in