Drug Jar
notes: label: Description
content: One side of this red wooden drug jar has a black shield outlined in gold with a unicorn in the center and the opposite side has an ivory-colored shield. The inscription inside the shield is marked "Alumen M??nos.". At the neck of the container is a black band trimmed in gold-colored paint and reads "Alumen plum.". The inscription just above the gold-colored band at the base of the container is "No. 105"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: European Apothecary
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Wood Drug Jars
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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: 1991.0664.0870
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0870.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0870.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.4 cm x 10.4 cm; 8 1/16 in x 4 1/8 in