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

26.0 cm

Width

20.0 cm

Height

26.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

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

Presumably used c. mid-late 1800s, and possibly later

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

Used to store and identify contents.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"HONEY" printed in gold on jar front. UHN catalogue no. "X934.22.4" printed by hand in black ink on underside of base. "139" printed in blue ink on adhesive tape label applied to underside of base. "AM/ 3840" printed by hand in blue ink on off-white adhesive label applied to underside of jar.

Missing

Inside rim of jar opening is chipped; fragment is missing.

Finish

Vase shaped porcelain jar has white glazed interior and underside of base; gold trim on handles and rim; red-pink, gold and off-white decoration on vase body; cream-colour handles also have gold decoration and trim.

Decoration

Leaf, feather and other decorative motif decorate jar body and handles.