TAMARINDI
TAMARINDI
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- Description
- This urn–shaped drug jar has a round foot and domed lid. The jar has a white tin glaze with blue swags and vines at the neck and inscription. The jar is marked, “TAMARINDI.” Tamarindus is the fruit of the tree Tamardindus indica. The pulp, leaves, and bark are used for medicinal purposes including the relief of fever and indigestion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- date made
- 18th century
- place made
- Germany
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 29 cm x 16.5 cm; 11 7/16 in x 6 1/2 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0712
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05924
- collector/donor number
- SAP 636
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0712.01
- 1991.0664.0712.02
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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