Apothecary Jar, RAD: ARIS
Object Details
- Description
- This blown glass drug jar is marked with the alchemical symbol most likely Anatomny and RAD: ARIS:. The opaque white color of the glass comes from the addition of tin oxide and was meant to imitate porcelain.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0482
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05631
- collector/donor number
- SAP 343
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0482
- Object Name
- jar
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19.8 cm x 9.5 cm; 7 25/32 in x 3 3/4 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_994219
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7739-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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