Object Details
maker
Hugo Brouwer
Description
This tin glazed cylindrical drug jar has a short straight neck and flared foot. The container is decorated with cobalt blue laurel branches. The interior of the wreath is marked, “E CORT:PERUV.” The jar is the work of Hugo Brouwer, who owned a ceramics factory in Delft, the Netherlands.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
date made
1775-1788
ID Number
1991.0664.0841
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
M-06053
collector/donor number
SAP 765
Object Name
jar
jar
Physical Description
ceramic (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 25.5 cm x 19 cm; 10 1/32 in x 7 15/32 in
overall: 10 in x 7 1/8 in; 25.4 cm x 18.0975 cm
place made
Netherlands: South Holland, Delft
Related Publication
Wittop Koning, D.A.. Delftse Apothekers Potten
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
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Pharmacy
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_994574