Albarello
date: label: Date made
content: 1600 - 1699
notes: label: Description
content: This blue monochrome albarello drug jar has a white glazed background with a central design of a shield and crown. The interior of the shield has a star, a cross, and a stylized flower. The shield and crown are framed by curling vines and stems. At the shoulders are thin bands and a semicircle of lozenges. The glaze for the various motifs is thick and is raised in spots.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
label: attributed to
content: Italy: Tuscany, Florence
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: 1991.0664.0523
label: catalog number
content: M-05735
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 447
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0523
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: albarello
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.2 cm x 11.3 cm; 9 1/8 in x 4 7/16 in