Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square jar has a flared lip. The white oval baked enamel shield is framed by a chain of blue leaves interspersed with four yellow flowers. The container is marked MAG MARCASIT in black lettering.
- The jar would have contained Magistery of Marcasite. Marcasite is a white iron pyrite mineral. It would have been dissolved and purified in an acidic solution to create a magistery, a substance possessing healing or curative powers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0220
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05368
- collector/donor number
- SAP 77
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0220
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.6 cm x 5.6 cm; 3 25/32 in x 2 7/32 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
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994185
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a125-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
