Apothecary Jar: LAP
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This wide-mouthed hand blown glass apothecary jar with a flattened collar and applied round foot. Marked <i>LAP</i> above two alchemical symbols. The jar is decorated with a baked enamel white cartouche framed by blue stylized vines and topped by a yellow crown. LAP is probably Lapis, latin for stone, and used for renal disorders including stones.
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: European Apothecary
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content: Health & Medicine
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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
label: Related Publication
content: Pharmaceutical Historian
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: 1991.0664.0156
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05304
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0156
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.6 cm x 6.4 cm; 3 25/32 in x 2 17/32 in