Apothecary Jar, CORAL ALBI
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Object Details
- Description
- Blown, aqua-colored glass container. Marked in alternating red and black paint CORAL ALBI. Coral was used for centuries for a variety of ills including but not limited to the reduction of fever, the prevention of bleeding in pregnant women, for gastric pain and to protect infants from convulsions.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0447
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05596
- collector/donor number
- SAP 308
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0447
- Object Name
- jar
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6.1 cm x 5.5 cm; 2 3/8 in x 2 3/16 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993794
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-46e5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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