Drug Jar
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This waisted drug jar has a white back ground with stylized garland of blue and orange flowers surrounded by green leaves. At the waist is a band of gothic-style letters. George Urdang author of <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> attributes this jar to mid–eighteenth century Strasbourg.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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: Boger, Louise Ade. The Dictionary of World Pottery and Porcelain
label: Related Publication
content: Drey, Rudolf E.A.. Apothecary Jars
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: 1991.0664.0679
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 603
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0679.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0679.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.5 cm x 12.5 cm; 8 1/16 in x 4 15/16 in