Syr: ex Flor: Persic:
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blue and white glazed tureen has two handles, each in the shape of a lion's head. Also present are horizontal bands of cobalt blue geometric and flora decorations. The rest of the container is covered with elongated leaves and flowers, dogs, birds, rabbits, and swans. The band in the middle of the body is marked <i>Syr: ex Flor: Persic:</i> The bottom of the foot is marked with an image of a lighthouse. Lighthouses were used to mark the wares of 17th and 18th century Genoese potters. Syrup of Persicus includes flowers, leaves, and seeds from the peach tree. It is used as a cathartic, sedative, and anthelmentic (a means to expel worms from the body).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Liguria, Genoa
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: 1991.0664.0583
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05795
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 507
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0583
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tureen
label: Object Name
content: tureen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.5 cm x 26.5 cm; 9 1/4 in x 10 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 10 1/4 in x 8 5/8 in; 22.86 cm x 26.035 cm x 21.9075 cm