Drug Jar
date: label: date made
content: 1716
notes: label: Description
content: This is a square–shaped drug jar with a wide mouth and rounded foot. The gray–white glaze is decorated with blue floral vines, three medallions, and a crown representing the house of Saxony. The date “1716” is at the lower portion of the jar. According to George Urdang author of <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i>, the intertwined triple “C” on the left stands for Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and the letters LCD on the right for Louise Christine his wife.
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: 1991.0664.0717
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05929
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 641
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0717
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 cm x 15 cm x 15.5 cm; 8 9/32 in x 5 29/32 in x 6 3/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 21.2725 cm x 13.97 cm x 13.97 cm