PIPER CUBELA
From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
This jar is marked "PIPER CUBELA". Piper in Latin refers to pepper or chili. George Urdang author of <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> attributes the containers 1991.0664.0760 through 1991.0664.0825 to Hanau in the late 18th century based on the floral design of blue and purple flowers and green leaves surrounding the medallion. The initials "HN" appear on the bottom of many of the jars in this series. However, in a letter to museum curators dated August 1983, pharmaceutical historian Wolfgang-Hagen Hein wrote that the containers without initials and those marked "FH" were made in Florsheim in the German state of Hesse.
National Museum of American History’s own description
