Pesaro Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This 18th century pitcher from Pesaro, Italy, has a pinched spout and an applied strap handle with a green glaze. The bottom of the pitcher is marked<i>"T. M.</i> The image on the jar depicts the Biblical story of the Annunciation, when the Archangel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary she was to give birth to Jesus.
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: 1991.0664.0581
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05793
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 505
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0581
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 cm x 15 cm x 17 cm; 7 7/8 in x 5 29/32 in x 6 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in x 5 7/8 in; 19.05 cm x 15.875 cm x 14.9225 cm