Object Details
- Description
- This syrup jar has a straight spout and an applied strap handle. The white glazed background is covered with depictions of buildings, flowers, and birds in varying shades of blue. It is marked “Sy Di GIVGIOL.” The jar would have contained the Syrup of Giuggiolo, or syrup from the Jujube tree. The syrup was used as a deobstruent (to remove obstacles) and a decongestant.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21.2 cm x 14.5 cm x 19.5 cm; 8 11/32 in x 5 23/32 in x 7 11/16 in
- overall: 8 1/4 in x 7 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 20.955 cm x 18.0975 cm x 13.97 cm
- Object Name
- jar
- syrup jar
