CORAL R PP
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This turned wooden straight walled drug jar is painted red with a red lid. The jar is decorated with an ivory-colored oval medallion outlined in black. The interior of the medallion is painted white and is marked, “CORAL/ R PP” in black. Two vertical lines intersect the stem of the P. This is the alchemical symbol for powder.
label: Description
content: This red-colored container was used to store powdered coral. Coral was used for centuries for a variety of ills including but not limited to the reduction of fever, the prevention of bleeding in pregnant women, for gastric pain and to protect infants from convulsions.
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: 1991.0664.0884
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-06094
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 806
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0884.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0884.02
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: 11.2 cm x 6.2 cm; 4 13/32 in x 2 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 11.1125 cm x 6.35 cm