jar
jar
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- Description (Brief)
- George Urdang author of The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue attributes 1991.0664.681 through 1991.0664.0699 to Niderwiller a town near Strasbourg in the Alsace region of France. This baluster-shaped drug jar has a scallop edged foot and a flat round lid. It has a white, glazed background with two continuous rings of stylized blue, orange and yellow flowers. The lid has a vine of berries and leaves with an applied berry and leaf handle.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Jar
- Other Terms
- Jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Date made
- 18th Century
- place made
- France
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19.5 cm x 12.5 cm; 7 11/16 in x 4 15/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0686
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05898
- collector/donor number
- SAP 610
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0686.01
- 1991.0664.0686.02
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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