EMP. DYAFIN
date: label: date made
content: 16th century
label: Date made
content: 1575 - 1599
notes: label: Description
content: This tin–glazed albarello container was made in Siena, Italy, during the 16th century. The jar has a foot and is decorated by wavy ochre ribbons flanked by green foliage and blue, yellow, and ochre flowers. A blue-winged angel and a shield and a castle sit just above a blue and white band inscribed, <i>EMP. DYAFIN.</i> The jar may have contained emplaster diachylon, a common plaster made with lead and olive oil that was used to cover wounds.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
label: place made
content: Italy: Tuscany, Siena
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: Drey, Rudolf E.A.. Apothecary Jars
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: 1991.0664.0533
label: catalog number
content: M-05745
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 457
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0533
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.8 cm x 11.5 cm; 7 13/32 in x 4 17/32 in