CROCUS
date: label: Date made
content: 1700 - 1799
notes: label: Description
content: Cylindrical drug jar with a cobalt blue and red cartouche surrounded by a stylized laurel wreath. White, red and black paint has been applied to the center of the cartouche with the cold paint technique. Most of the paint in the center of the cartouche has peeled or has been scratched. The opposite side of the jar has an orange shield with black letters marked, "CROCUS", which was also applied with the cold paint technique. This jar is similar to 1991.0664.0843. The label was left blank to write in the contents of the jar whenever necessary.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Art
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: 1991.0664.0844
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-06056
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 768
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jar
label: Other Terms
content: Jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 cm x 10.5 cm; 4 3/4 in x 4 1/8 in