Drug Jar
Drug Jar
- Description (Brief)
- This waisted drug jar has a white background with a garland of stylized blue and orange flowers surrounded by green leaves, and a band of gothic-style letters at the waist. The lid has a round orange ball and green leaf finial with a band of blue flowers. George Urdang author of The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue attributes this jar to mid–eighteenth century Strasbourg.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 18th century
- Date made
- 1725 - 1775
- place made
- France
- Germany
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 cm x 12 cm; 7 7/8 in x 4 3/4 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0676
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 600
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0676.01
- 1991.0664.0676.02
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
