Apothecary Jar, RAD: IPECAC
Apothecary Jar, RAD: IPECAC
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- Description
- This blown glass drug jar with an "oval-shaped" stopper has rounded shoulders and tapers slightly to terminate in an applied stepped foot. The container has two multi-colored floral vines connected by a blue ribbon at the top and a red ribbon at the bottom creating a wreath. The interior of the wreath is marked with the alchemical symbol for powder and, RAD; IPECAC. The Roman numeral II is etched into the shoulder and the number four is etched into the stopper. The opaque white color of the glass comes from the addition of tin oxide and was meant to imitate porcelain.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- jar
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.5 cm x 9.5 cm; 7 5/16 in x 3 3/4 in
- overall: 7 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 9.525 cm
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0475
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05624
- 1991.0664.0475.01
- 1991.0664.0475.02
- collector/donor number
- SAP 336
- 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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