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Apothecary Jar: LIMAT
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This urn-shaped glass wide mouthed jar has a flat collar and a round foot. The white baked enamel cartouche is framed by blue stylized vines and capped with a yellow crown it is marked <i>LIMAT</i> above the alchemical symbol for iron and PP, the abbreviation for prepared. This jar is pictured on page 18 in the Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineApothecary Jar: LIMAT. 17th-18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
