Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Dr. Steven Jewett's Strengthening Plaster
Object Number:
Z.905
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Paper, plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 9.5 x 3.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: n black on label: "DR. STEVEN JEWETT'S/ Highly and Justly celebrated/ STRENGTHENING PLASTER/ Unequalled in removing pain, Internal Inflammation, curing Lameness, Cramp Pains in the side, back, and joints, produced by liver or other diseases, Rheu
Description:
Cylindrical packet of plaster wrapped in blue paper and encircled by wide, printed paper label.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
