Syrup de Pomis s
date: label: date made
content: ca 1500
label: Date made
content: 1500 - 1599
label: date made
content: ca 1550
notes: label: Description
content: This blue and white syrup jar has an applied strap handle, a spout, a flared foot, and a round wooden lid painted red. The jar is decorated with a stylized floral motif and a central white band inscribed in gothic lettering that reads <i>S de pomis s.</i> The jar could have contained Syrupus de Pomis compositus, a syrup made from senna leaves, borage, and apple juice that was used as a purgative.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Emilia-Romagna, Faenza
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: Drey, Rudolf E.A.. Apothecary Jars
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: 1991.0664.0499
label: catalog number
content: M-05711
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0499.02
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 423
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0499.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: syrup jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.2 cm x 16 cm x 18.5 cm; 8 3/4 in x 6 5/16 in x 7 9/32 in