Object Details
- Description
- This squat–shaped drug jar has a baluster-shaped body and a stepped flared foot. A yellow shield depicts a lion balanced on one hind leg, holding an orb with its two front paws. The shield is surrounded by an elaborate blue floral motif on a white glazed background with yellow rope bands at the neck and the rim of the foot.
- A yellow and blue striped escroll is inscribed in black, PILL DE CINOGL OSS. The jar would have contained pills of cynoglossum. The herb cynoglossum, also known as hound’s-tongue, was used as a narcotic, sedative, astringent, and expectorant.
- The jar was incorporated into the Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Collection when it was purchased at auction in 1935 from the American Art Association Anderson Galleries in New York City.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- ca 1600
- Date made
- 1675 - 1699
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 cm x 12 cm; 4 23/32 in x 4 23/32 in
- Object Name
- jar
