OL RUTHAE
date: label: date made
content: 18th-19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown glass urn-shaped drug jar has a long neck and applied foot. Containers of this shape were called "noennchen" or, little nuns. The white circular baked enamel label is surrounded by a blue border with a bow at the top. The label reads <i>OL RUTHAE</i> in black text. The jar would have contained Oil of Rue, which was oil from the common rue plant (also known as Herb-of-Grace) which was prescribed for its antimicrobial properties and as an abortifactant.
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: 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: 1991.0664.0403
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05552
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 264
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0403
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: bottle; jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 cm x 4.7 cm; 4 5/16 in x 1 7/8 in