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Syrup Jar
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This syrup jar has an applied slab handle and spout. Its ovoid-shaped container is decorated with blue arches or false gadroons. In <i>Apothecary Jars</i> by Rudolf Drey, a similar jar to 1991.0664.0648 through 1991.0664.0664 is illustrated, and attributed to Savona, a seaport town in northern Italy. It has a similar blue and manganese pallet. There is a rectangular green and black paper label glued to the bottom of the handle. The inscription is not clear.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineSyrup Jar. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
