EXTR. CATHOLIC
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This apothecary jar has a white tin glaze with a pinkish cast. It is decorated with a cobalt blue cartouche flanked by two peacocks and a flower basket on the top. The jar is marked, “EXTR. CATHOLIC.” Incised on the bottom are the initals “B.L.” George Urdang attributes this jar and 1991.0664.0720 to the Berlin Luedicke (or Ludicke), and notes that it was made to imitate Delft pottery. The quality of the glaze is not as fine, and the decoration is crude compared to the Delft drug jars. Karl Friedrich Lüdicke started a ceramic factory in Berlin about 1756. The mark BL or LB was used until about 1780. Urdang spells his last name “Luedicke,” others use Ludicke, but this difference may be due to the unavailability of the umlaut symbol over the U in early printings. A handwritten note inside the jar reads “Electuary Catholicum.” Electuary Catholicum is an ancient cathartic compound.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Berlin, Berlin
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: 1991.0664.0719
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05931
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 643
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0719
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.7 cm x 9.5 cm; 4 19/32 in x 3 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 7/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 12.3825 cm x 9.2075 cm