Apothecary Jar
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This free blown urn-shaped glass container has a wide lip and an applied circular foot. The white oval cartouche is surrounded by a wreath of blue leaves capped with a yellow crown. The baked enamel label is marked in black, "TEMPER", with an alchemical symbol.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: unspecified
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
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: 1991.0664.0144
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05292
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blown (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.6 cm x 6.2 cm; 3 3/4 in x 2 7/16 in