syrup jar
syrup jar
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- Description
- Syrup Jar with a white and cobalt blue tin-glazed. The container is decorated with a gold-colored cartouche applied in the cold paint technique. The cartouche is flanked by two peacocks and surrounded by scrolls, vines of flowers and tassels. The center of the cartouche is painted gold, but the outline and the mark painted in black is barely visible.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Jar
- syrup jar
- Other Terms
- Jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Date made
- 18th Century
- place made
- Netherlands
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17.5 cm x 13 cm x 19.3 cm; 6 7/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 7 5/8 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0832
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-06044
- collector/donor number
- SAP 756
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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