Object Details
- Description
- This waisted drug jar has a flared foot and a deep blue glaze over a white background. The jar is decorated with stylized flowers and leaves on the upper and lower shoulders. The label at the center of the waist is marked Ung: au Frabirm. The jar would have contained some type of unguentum, or ointment. It belongs to a set of drug containers seen in objects 1991.0664.0589 through 1991.0664.0596.
- 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: 19.3 cm x 9.1 cm; 7 19/32 in x 3 19/32 in
- Object Name
- jar
