Collection Highlights
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Vase/urn: PULV. gentian
Title
Vase/urn: PULV. gentian
Object name
Apothecary bottle
Date
18th century
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 7 5/8 x 5 in. ( 19.4 x 12.7 cm )
Description
Wheel thrown tin-glazed earthenware footed, apothecary jar with hand painted frontal grey and black tinged red decoartion: single rosette with undulating leafy vine on slightly bulbous upper and base; cylindrical middle with Latin inscription.
Object Number
INV.13065
Marks
painted: on inside in black: "Pulv. Gentian."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
