INFUSION DI ROSE

INFUSION DI ROSE

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Description (Brief)
This syrup jar has a round spout and an applied handle. Blue and yellow shield, marked "T.C." is surrounded by stylized yellow flowers and green leaves. Just above the foot is a band marked, "INFUSION DI ROSE" In a 1983 letter to the curatorial staff of the medical collections author and pharmaceutical historian Dr. D.A. Wittop Koning, wrote he believed this container to be a replica.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Jar
syrup jar
Other Terms
Jar; Pharmaceutical Container
Date made
1700 - 1799
place made
Italy
Physical Description
ceramic (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 21.3 cm x 14.5 cm x 20 cm; 8 3/8 in x 5 11/16 in x 7 7/8 in
ID Number
1991.0664.0665
catalog number
M-05877
accession number
1991.0664
collector/donor number
SAP 589
Credit Line
Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
subject
Pharmacy
Medicine
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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