Unguentum Dialtea
date: label: date made
content: ca 1500
label: Date made
content: 1500 - 1550
notes: label: Description
content: This blue monochrome albarello-shaped drug jar has a stylized cobalt-blue floral motif with a cross-hatch band just above the shoulder and foot. An escroll in the center of the container is inscribed in gothic script, <i>u dialtea.</i> This jar would have contained Unguentum Dialthaea, an ointment made from the gummy extract of the roots of the <i>Althaea officinalis</i>, also known as the Marshmallow. The ointment was used to soothe irritated throats and to relieve coughs.
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: 1991.0664.0495
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05707
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 419
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0495
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: albarello
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.3 cm x 12.5 cm; 6 13/16 in x 4 29/32 in