GUMMI ELASTIC

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Description (Brief):

This drug jar is marked "GUMMI ELASTIC" which in German refers to rubber. It can also refer to a gum resin usually extracted from trees.

Description (Brief)

Pharmaceutical historian George Urdang Urdang attributed containers 1991.0664.0760 through 1991.0664.0825 to Hanau in the late 18th century based on the floral design surrounding the medallion and the initials "HN" on the bottom of many of the jars in the series. However, in a letter to museum curators dated August 1983, the pharmaceutical historian Wolfgang-Hagen Hein wrote that the containers without initials and those marked "FH" were made in Florsheim in the German state of Hesse.

Date Made: 1790-1810Date Made: 1775 - 1799

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany

Subject: Pharmacy

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: 1991.0664.0790Accession Number: 1991.0664Collector/Donor Number: SAP 714Catalog Number: 1991.0664.0790

Object Name: jarOther Terms: jar; Pharmaceutical Container

Physical Description: ceramic (overall material)Measurements: overall: 16 cm x 11 cm; 6 5/16 in x 4 5/16 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7b0b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_993736

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