OL LAURI
date: label: Date made
content: 1700 - 1799
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This small, wide-mouthed apothecary jar has a whitish tin glaze. A round blue shield in the center of the jar features a face at the top. The center of the shield reads “OL LAURI” in blue text. The jar would have contained oil of laurel, used as a remedy for a variety of skin conditions and as a salve for wounds.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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: 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: 1991.0664.0739
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05951
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 663
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.5 cm x 10.5 cm; 6 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in