BORAX
- Description
- This wooden drug jar and lid has an ivory-colored shield outlined in black. The interior of the shield reads "BORAX". The interior of lid has two pieces of paper glued to it. The white label is obscured by the yellow label which has a hand written inscription in black ink and is marked "Borak..." This jar is part of a set which appears to have been made for the same apothecary. Borax can be used to fight fungal infections, and is an ingredient in many homeopathic remedies. is The Deutsche Apotheken-Museum in Heidelberg, Germany has similar containers in their collection.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 19th century
- place made
- Deutschland
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16.3 cm x 7.3 cm; 6 7/16 in x 2 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0888
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 810
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0888.01
- 1991.0664.0888.02
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- European Apothecary
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Wood Drug Jars
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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