Albarello
date: label: Date made
content: 1600 - 1699
notes: label: Description
content: This albarello has an off-white background glaze, with two yellow "C" scrolls surrounded by blue decorations. A saint, possibly John the Baptist, is depicted in the center of the jar. He is holds a lamb, a book, and a long, thin cross. The back of the container is decorated with blue foliage.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
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: 1991.0664.0628
label: catalog number
content: M-05840
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 552
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0628
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: albarello
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27.7 cm x 15.5 cm; 10 29/32 in x 6 3/32 in