Apothecary Jar
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This vase-shaped drug jar has a turned wooden lid painted red. The blue and yellow baroque-style baked enamel label has been left blank. for the apothecary. Containers with blank labels could be filled with different ingredients depending on the apothecary's needs. When the contents of the jars were replaced, apothecary would write the appropriate name in the medallion.
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: 1991.0664.0467
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05616
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 328
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0467.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0467.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: Bottle
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.7 cm x 8 cm; 4 19/32 in x 3 5/32 in