Drug Jar
Drug Jar
- Description (Brief)
- This square-shaped drug jar is identical to 1991.0664.0717. The date “1716” is at the lower portion of the jar. According to George Urdang author of The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue, the intertwined triple “C” on the left represents Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and the letters "LCD" on the right for his wife Louise Christine.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1716
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21.6 cm x 15.5 cm; 8 1/2 in x 6 1/8 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0716
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 640
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0716
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- Medicine
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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