National Museum of American History
Apothecary Jar
18th century
This blown-glass drug container has a flared lip and an applied foot. It is decorated with a blank white shield framed in blue and yellow with baroque-style scrolls and leaves. A blank shield allowed the apothecary to change the contents of the container and then mark the name of the new medicine on the blank label.
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