ELL LENITIVO
notes: label: Description
content: This albarello has a matte glaze with a central decoration of a crane on one leg inside a golden shield. The top of the jar bears a heart shaped symbol topped by a cross, with an “A” in the center. This mark likely denoted the apothecary that owned the jar. The jar is marked “ELL LENITIVO” and would have contained a lenitive electuary, a paste that was used as a laxative.
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: 1991.0664.0618
label: catalog number
content: M-05830
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 542
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0618
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: albarello
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 cm x 14 cm; 9 1/16 in x 5 1/2 in