Apothecary Jar, CROC MART ANT ST

Description:

This blown and molded jar has a Baroque-style blue and yellow cartouche with red and black lettering. The baked enamel label marked in red and black CROC MART ANT ST.

The generic blue and yellow decoration with it's stylized "crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken-Museum in Heidelberg.

Date Made: 18th century

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: MedicinePharmacy

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See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, European Apothecary, Art

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Related Publication: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection

Credit Line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1991.0664.0259Catalog Number: M-05408Accession Number: 1991.0664Collector/Donor Number: SAP 117

Object Name: jarOther Terms: jar; Pharmaceutical Container

Physical Description: paint (overall material)glass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 10.5 cm x 7.2 cm x 7 cm; 4 1/8 in x 2 13/16 in x 2 3/4 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-c07b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_993953

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