OL SANBVCINO
date: label: date made
content: 1578
notes: label: Description
content: This dark blue syrup jar has a short spout and an applied double handle terminating in the head of a grotesque flanked by two snakes. Below the spout is a kneeling figure dressed in flowing robes with arms outstretched. The scrolled banner is surrounded by dense foliage and is marked “OL SANBVCINO.” The jar would have contained oil of sanbucino, a remedy for a variety of stomach ailments. Below the grotesque the jar bears the date 1578.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Venetan, Venice
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
label: Related Publication
content: Christie's. Italian Ceramic Art: 1400-1900
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: 1991.0664.0632
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05844
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 556
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0632
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: syrup jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 cm x 16.5 cm x 21 cm; 9 1/16 in x 6 1/2 in x 8 9/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 8 in x 7 in; 22.86 cm x 20.32 cm x 17.78 cm