Cort. Cinnam
Cort. Cinnam
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- Description
- This urne–shaped drug jar has a grayish–white glaze, a straight neck, and a round, domed foot. The lid has a cone–shaped finial. A rectangular label is formed at the center of the jar by thin lines of brown, yellow, and green, topped by four C–scrolls forming a blue cartouche with a yellow center. The label creates a frame for the jars inscription.
- The inscription reads Cort Cinnam. The outer frame is surrounded at its top and bottom by yellow and green vines and swags of beads. Correspondence in 1954 between Division of Medicine Associate Curator George Griffenhagen and George Urdang notes that the jars appear to be of Catalonian–Aragonese origin. This jar would have contained Cortex Cinnamomum, Latin for cinnamon bark which was used as an aromatic to stimulate the appetite and aid digestion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 31.5 cm x 14.5 cm; 12 13/32 in x 5 23/32 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0564
- collector/donor number
- SAP 488
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0564.01
- 1991.0664.0564.02
- M-05776
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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