Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This free-blown glass container has a narrow neck and a flared lip. The baked white enamel circular shield is flanked by green leaves. At the top of the shield is a red crown with a yellow orb. Below the oval shield is the coat of arms for the Duchy of Saxony Marseburg and the house of Marseburg. Due to a crack that bisects directly through the left pendant the coat of arms is somewhat obscured. The shield is marked in red and black ESS/ SERPENT.
- In the Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue, George Urdang notes that this jar was made prior to 1738, as the dukes of Saxony no longer resided in Marsebreg after that date.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- before 1738
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0226
- catalog number
- M--05374
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 83
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0226
- Object Name
- bottle
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15.5 cm x 8.5 cm; 6 1/8 in x 3 3/8 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_1217256
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9afa-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
