Apothecary Jar, TEMPER
Apothecary Jar, TEMPER
- Description
- This free blown urn-shaped glass container has a wide lip and an applied circular foot. The white oval cartouche is surrounded by a wreath of blue leaves capped with a yellow crown. The baked enamel label is marked in black, "TEMPER", with an alchemical symbol.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- date made
- 18th century
- unspecified
- Germany
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.6 cm x 6.2 cm; 3 3/4 in x 2 7/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0144
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05292
- collector/donor number
- SAP 1
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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