Object Details
- Description
- This jar is marked, G GUAIAC below the alchemical symbol for powder. This jar would have contained powdered guiac, the resin or wood of lignum vitae tree. Guiac was used as diuretic, cathartic, and diaphoretic, and was especially effective in treating syphilis. The jar has a wide mouth, flattened collar, and an applied round foot. The container is decorated with a baked enamel white cartouche and is framed by blue stylized vines topped by a yellow crown.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th-18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0154
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05302
- 1991.0664.0154
- collector/donor number
- SAP 11
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint, enamel (overall material)
- colorless (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.6 cm x 6.2 cm; 3 3/4 in x 2 7/16 in
- unspecified
- Germany
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994123
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-adab-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
