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Drug Jar
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This straight walled drug container has a slightly flared lip and a whitish blue glaze. Historian George Urdang attributes this jar to the court pharmacy of Dresden. Within a blue rococo cartouche are the initials AR and the date 1734. The initials AR refer to Augustus Rex, King Augustus the Strong of Poland. Below and to the left is the coat of arms of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1797), The mounted Lithuanian Vytis and the Polish Eagle are depicted. To the right is the coat of arms and the crossed swords of the Kingdom of Poland. The bottom of the container is also marked.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineDrug Jar. 1734. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
