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Apothecary Jar
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This wide mouth glass jar has a flattened collar and an applied round foot. The clear blown glass is decorated with a baked enamel cartouche with a white medallion framed by blue stylized vines and topped by a yellow crown which is typical of German pharmaceutical containers of the 17th and 18th centuries. Below the letters <i>FL</i> is marked the alchemical symbol for sulphur.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineApothecary Jar. 17th-18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
