TROCIS D'AROD
date: label: date made
content: ca 1700
notes: label: Description
content: The lower shoulder of the jar bears the inscription <i>TROCIS D'AROD.</i> It would have contained Troches Diarhodon, a lozenge made from red rose petals, spikenard, aloes, licorice, saffron, and mastic. The lozenge was used for a variety of stomach ailments and to ease fevers and congestion.
label: Description
content: The jar has a white glazed background 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 yellow shooting 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. This drug jar belongs to a series of containers 1991.0664.0525 through 1991.0664.0529 which have been attributed to eighteenth century Savona.
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: 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: 1991.0664.0528
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 452
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0528
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.4 cm x 10.3 cm; 6 7/16 in x 4 1/16 in