Apothecary Jar
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This wide mouth glass jar has a flattened collar and an applied round foot. The clear blown glass is decorated with a baked enamel cartouche with a white medallion framed by blue stylized vines and topped by a yellow crown which is typical of German pharmaceutical containers of the 17th and 18th centuries. Below the letters <i>FL</i> is marked the alchemical symbol for sulphur.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: unspecified
content: Germany
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: Health & Medicine
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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: 1991.0664.0164
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05312
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 21
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0164
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint, enamel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: colorless (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blown (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.5 cm x 6.1 cm; 3 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in