Ell: d Ribes
date: label: Date made
content: 18th Century
notes: label: Description
content: This tureen has a flared mouth and a domed-shaped foot . The vessel and its mate, 1991.0664.0582 have a deep blue glaze over a white glazed background with handles depicted as serpents. A label within the escroll is marked, <i>Ell: d Ribes</i>. The bottom of the foot is glazed and bares the makers mark of a lighthouse. According to pharmaceutical historian George Urdang the lighthouse is the mark of a well know Genoese pottery.
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: Art
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: 1991.0664.0584
label: catalog number
content: M-05796
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 508
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tureen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 cm x 25.5 cm; 8 1/4 in x 10 1/16 in