Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- The collar and neck of this drug jar is trunckated and appears to have been filed down due to breakage. It is marked Viri Aeris. George Urdang co-author of The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue attributes this jar to 18th century Verona.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1700 - 1750
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 cm x 13 cm; 6 5/16 in x 5 1/8 in
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
