Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This ovoid-shaped container is decorated with blue arches or false gadroons, and is marked G.C." In Apothecary Jars by Rudolf Drey a jar similar to 1991.0664.0648 through 1991.0664.0664, is illustrated, and attributed to Savona, a seaport town in northern Italy, it has a similar blue and manganese pallet. Some of the containers in this series have initials on the shoulder. The initials according to Dray may refer to the owner of the apothecary.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 18th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 22.3 cm x 15.5 cm; 8 3/4 in x 6 1/8 in
- Object Name
- jar
