Apothecary Jar: DIAGR
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This glass urn-shaped widemouthed jar, with its oval cartouche of baked white enamel and blue stylized vines, and yellow crown is typical of German pharmaceutical containers of the 17th and 18th centuries. The label is marked <i>DIAGR</i> above the alchemical symbol for sulphur. This jar is pictured on page 18 in the Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: unspecified
content: Germany
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
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: 1991.0664.0152
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05300
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0152
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 9
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint, enamel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: colorless (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blown (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 cm x 6 cm; 3 9/16 in x 2 3/8 in