Drug Jar
Drug Jar
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- Description (Brief)
- This drug jar has a garland of stylized blue and orange flowers surrounded by green leaves. At the waist is a band of gothic-style letters. The lid with its round orange ball and green leaf finial does not appear to be original to the container. George Urdang author of The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue attributes this jar to mid–eighteenth century Strasbourg.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- date made
- 18th century
- Date made
- 1725 - 1775
- place made
- France
- Germany
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 cm x 11.5 cm; 7 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0677
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 601
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0677.01
- 1991.0664.0677.02
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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