Drug Jar
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This straight walled drug container has a flared lip and base. The jar has a white tin glazed background and is decorated with a blue crown flanked by blue vines, leaves, and flowers. A maker’s mark is on the bottom of the container. George Urdang attributes the jar to 18th-century Rheinisberg, a small town near Berlin. The crown is the royal Prussian crown.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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: 1991.0664.0721
label: catalog number
content: M-05933
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 645
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0721
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.1 cm x 10 cm; 4 3/4 in x 3 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 9.525 cm