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Object Details
- Description
- This conical-shaped wooden jar and lid are painted dark green with ivory-colored medallion, gold and red decorative motif.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0873
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 795
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0873.01
- 1991.0664.0873.02
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- turnen wood (overall production method/technique)
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16.2 cm x 9.5 cm; 6 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in
- place made
- Germany
- 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
- Wood Drug Jars
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- European Apothecary
- Record ID
- nmah_994309
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7897-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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