National Museum of American History
Apothecary Jar: TUT
17th-18th century
This widemouthed glass jar has a flattened collar and an applied round foot. It is decorated with a baked enamel white cartouche framed by blue stylized vines and topped by a yellow crown which is typical of German pharmaceutical containers of the 17th and 18th century's. It is marked <i>TUT</i> above the an alchmical sysmbol, two letter Ps, with two lines running horizontally through the stems.
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