Object Details
Description
This glass jar has a baked enamel label marked TINCT MART POMAT. The European Apothecary Collection contains dozens of drug jars with this same embellishment. The generic blue and yellow decoration with its stylized crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken Museum in Heidelberg, Germany.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
date made
18th century
ID Number
1991.0664.0251
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
M-05399
collector/donor number
SAP 108
catalog number
1991.0664.0251
Object Name
bottle
Other Terms
bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
Physical Description
glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 13.2 cm x 6.7 cm x 6.7 cm; 5 3/16 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in
Related Publication
Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Art
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Pharmacy
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_993885