CORALL RUB
CORALL RUB
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- Description
- Cylindrical drug jar with a cobalt blue and red cartouche surrounded by a stylized laurel wreath. On the opposite side is a orange shield. The interior of the shield is marked in black, "CORALL RUB". The shield as well as the mark have been applied with the cold paint technique.
- Corrall Rub or Corallium rubrum is a red coral found mainly in and around the Mediterranean Sea. Coral was used for centuries for a variety of ills including but not limited to the reduction of fever, the prevention of bleeding in pregnant women, for gastric pain and to protect infants from convulsions.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Jar
- Other Terms
- Jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Date made
- 1700 - 1799
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12.5 cm x 10 cm; 4 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0843
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-06055
- collector/donor number
- SAP 767
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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