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Drug Jar
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This drug jar 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, has a similar blue and manganese pallet. The blue and white syrup jar has a long flared spout and an applied slab handle. Within the border of the upper shoulder is a portrait of a lady with short curly hair secured with a blue band. This jar is identical 1991.0664.0659).
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.
