Syrup Jar
Syrup Jar
- Description (Brief)
- George Urdang author of The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue attributes 1991.0664.0681 through 1991.0664.0705 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. The container has a white-glaze background with two continuous rings of blue, orange and yellow stylized flowers. The label reads Syr. Cortic, and is applied in black between the two bands. The foot has a berry and leaf vine at its edge. Cortic refers to the bark or rind of an orange peel which would be mixed with other ingredients.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 18th century
- place made
- France
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 cm x 14.5 cm x 20 cm; 8 1/4 in x 5 11/16 in x 7 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0692
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0692.01
- 1991.0664.0692.02
- collector/donor number
- SAP 616
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- Medicine
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
