Drug Jar
Drug Jar
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- Description
- This wide-mouth drug jar has a yellow–gold cartouche in the jar’s center that frames an image of a man with his back turned away from the viewer. The man's hair is pulled back into a queue and tied with a ribbon at the neck. The cartouche, flanked by C-scrolls, is surrounded by realistically painted blue and yellow flowers with long thin stems and leaves. The decoration is similar but not identical to jar 1991.0664.573. The colors are muted on a white-glazed background.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 26.9 cm x 23.5 cm; 10 19/32 in x 9 1/4 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0574
- collector/donor number
- SAP 498
- catalog number
- M-05786
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0574
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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