AQ Violar
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
label: Date made
content: 1700 - 1750
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This bulbous drug container has a flared rim with a pinched spout. It is marked <i>AQ Violar</i> and would have contained violet water. George Urdang, author of <i>The Squibb ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> attributes this jar to 18th century Venice.
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: 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: 1991.0664.0645
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 569
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0645
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flask
label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: flask; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.7 cm x 19 cm; 9 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in