TRYPHERA MAGNA
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This albarello drug jar has rounded shoulders and a short foot with a blue scroll design. The jar is decorated with a blue, green and yellow floral motif with cherubic infants (putti) perched on vines. A gold crown sits over the heads of a double headed eagle, which holds an escutcheon inside a gold shield. The jar is marked <i>TRYPHERA MAGNA</i> a compound that includes opium, cinnamon, and henbane leaves for relief of gastric pain and insomnia.
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: 1991.0664.0576
label: catalog number
content: M-05788
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 500
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0576
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: jar, albarello
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.2 cm x 14 cm; 8 11/32 in x 5 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in; 21.9075 cm x 13.0175 cm