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Drug Jar
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This ovoid-shaped container is decorated with blue arches or false gadroons, and is marrked with the alchemical symbol for spirits above the initials V.Z. A similar jar is illustrated in <i>Apothecary Jars</i> by Rudolf Drey. Attributed to Savona, a seaport town in northern Italy it has a similar blue and manganese pallet. Some of the containers in this series have initials on the shoulder. According to Dray the initials may refer to the owner of the apothecary.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineDrug Jar. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
