General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

porcelain

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

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Width

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Height

9.8 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

10.3 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Pharmacology

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.

Function

To contain and protect contents when not in use.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

UHN catalogue no. "X934.3.2 A"" printed by hand in black ink on underside of jar base. "67" and "AM/ 3879" printed by hand in blue ink on off-white adhesive labels applied to underside of jar.

Missing

Some small chips missing in rim.

Finish

Tin glazed cylindrical porcelain pharmacy jar has blue decorative oriental motifs painted on a white background; jar interior is white. Small brown paper label on underside of jar has red-brown border and perforated edges; bears illegible markings in pencil.

Decoration

East Asian motifs- clouds, plants and small animals resembling monkeys and dogs- decorate jar sides.