ELL LENITIVO
ELL LENITIVO
- Description
- This albarello has a matte glaze with a central decoration of a crane on one leg inside a golden shield. The top of the jar bears a heart shaped symbol topped by a cross, with an “A” in the center. This mark likely denoted the apothecary that owned the jar. The jar is marked “ELL LENITIVO” and would have contained a lenitive electuary, a paste that was used as a laxative.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 cm x 14 cm; 9 1/16 in x 5 1/2 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0618
- catalog number
- M-05830
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 542
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0618
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
