Apothecary Jar: TUT
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Object Details
- Description
- This widemouthed glass jar has a flattened collar and an applied round foot. It is decorated with a baked enamel white cartouche framed by blue stylized vines and topped by a yellow crown which is typical of German pharmaceutical containers of the 17th and 18th century's. It is marked TUT above the an alchmical sysmbol, two letter Ps, with two lines running horizontally through the stems.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th-18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0155
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05303
- 1991.0664.0155
- collector/donor number
- SAP 12
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint, enamel (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.1 cm x 6 cm; 3 9/16 in x 2 3/8 in
- unspecified
- 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
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994124
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c91d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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