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Culture:American or English
Title:apothecary jar
Date Made:19th century
Type:Medical; Container
Materials:base metal: tinned sheet iron; ceramic
Place Made:United States or United Kingdom; England
Measurements:overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 8.89 cm; 3.175 cm x 8.89 cm x 3 1/2 in
Accession Number:  HD 75.124
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. Leslie L. Thomas
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Tin apothecary jar with crazed cream-colored ceramic lining and flat-fitted tin cover, with five circumferential bands around the cover and body, which came from the Boynton Apothecary Shop of Biddeford and Saco Falls, Maine.

Subjects:
Pottery

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