Drug Jar
Drug Jar
- Description
- Wooden drug jars were painted with Tempera paints like this example to the left. The straight walled drug jar and lid has a yellow and black five spoke wheel painted in the center of a red shield. The ivory-colored band at the neck of the container is inscribed with gothic script. The back of the container has a paper label placed at an angle. The square green and white label is marked "19".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 17th century
- place made
- Deutschland
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in x 5 1/8 in; 25.4 cm x 12.99997 cm
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0868
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 790
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0868.01
- 1991.0664.0868.02
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- European Apothecary
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Wood Drug Jars
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
