Object Details
- Description
- This wide-mouthed hand blown glass apothecary jar with a flattened collar and applied round foot. Marked LAP above two alchemical symbols. The jar is decorated with a baked enamel white cartouche framed by blue stylized vines and topped by a yellow crown. LAP is probably Lapis, latin for stone, and used for renal disorders including stones.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th-18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0156
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05304
- 1991.0664.0156
- collector/donor number
- SAP 13
- Object Name
- jar
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.6 cm x 6.4 cm; 3 25/32 in x 2 17/32 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Pharmaceutical Historian
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994125
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-b03f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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