RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
Apothecary Jar, CROC MART ANT ST
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; Pharmaceutical Container
date made: 18th century
Physical Description: paint (overall material)
glass (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 10.5 cm x 7.2 cm x 7 cm; 4 1/8 in x 2 13/16 in x 2 3/4 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Medicine
Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Description: This blown and molded jar has a Baroque-style blue and yellow cartouche with red and black lettering. The baked enamel label marked in red and black <i>CROC MART ANT ST</i>.
The generic blue and yellow decoration with it's stylized "crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken-Museum in Heidelberg.
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Apothecary Jar, MAGIST SATURN
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; Pharmaceutical Container
date made: 18th century
Physical Description: paint (overall material)
glass (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 10.6 cm x 7.4 cm x 6.8 cm; 4 3/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 11/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Medicine
Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Description: This wide mouth blown and molded square-shaped jar is marked <i>MAGIST SATURN</i>. The generic blue and yellow decoration with it's stylized "crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken-Museum in Heidelberg. The bottle is illustrated on page 24 in the Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue.
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ELEC MITHRIDAT. ANDROMACH
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; Bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
date made: 18th century
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 13.5 cm x 10.3 cm; 5 5/16 in x 4 1/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: The label of this urn–shaped blown glass has been applied with the cold paint technique in the rococo style. The white escutcheon is outlined in gold and framed with vines of red and blue flowers, and is marked <i>ELEC.MITHRIDAT.ANDROMACH</i>.
Jars 1991.0664.405 through 1991.0664.0408 contained electuaries, blends of various herbs, water, honey and sugar that form a paste. Named after Mithradates, King of Pontus, this medicine was touted as an antidote for poisoning. Andromachus, Nero’s physician, refined the Mithridatum remedy into this concoction. Minthradatum Andromachus would have contained over 50 ingredients, but its active ingredient was opium.
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Apothecary Jar, ELEC DIACORUM
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar
bottle; jar; Pharmaceutical Container
date made: 18th century
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 10.9 cm x 9 cm; 4 5/16 in x 3 9/16 in
overall: 4 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 8.5725 cm
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Medicine
Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Description: This urn-shaped blown glass drug container has a flared foot. The mouth of the jar is covered and tied to the container by a piece of string. The label, applied with a cold paint technique in the Rococo-style. The white escutcheon is outlined in gold and framed with vines of red and blue flowers. The label is marked,<i>ELEC DIACORUM</i>. Jars 1991.0664.406 through 1991.0664.0408 contained Electuaries, a blend of various herbs, water, honey and sugar which form a paste.
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ELEC. HIERA PICRA COMP
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
date made: 18th century
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 10.8 cm x 11 cm; 4 1/4 in x 4 11/32 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This urn–shaped drug container has a flared foot. The mouth of the jar is covered and tied to the container by a piece of string. The label has been applied with a cold paint technique in the rococo style. The white escutcheon is outlined in gold and framed with vines of red and blue flowers. The label is marked <i>ELEC. HIERA PICRA COMP.</i> Jars 1991.0664.405 through 1991.0664.0408 contained electuaries, blends of various herbs, water, honey and sugar to form a paste. This jar contained an electuary of hiera picra composito, also known as Holy Bitters. The electuary was a tincture of aloe, saffron, cinnamon, and other ingredients, and was used as a cathartic to stimulate bowel movements
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ELEC. DE OVO
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
date made: 18th century
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 10.8 cm x 8.8 cm; 4 1/4 in x 3 15/32 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This urn–shaped drug container has a wide mouth and applied flared foot. The paint has been applied with the cold paint technique in the rococo style. The white escutcheon is outlined in gold and framed with vines of red and blue flowers, and is marked, <i>ELEC DE OVO</i>"
Jars 1991.0664.405 through 1991.0664.0408 contained electuaries, blends of various herbs, water, honey and sugar to form a paste. Electarium de ovo is an electuary made from eggs and other ingredients that was used as an antidote to poison or to combat the plague.
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EXTR. LAUDANI THEOPHRAST VITAE
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
date made: 18th century
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 10.6 cm x 10.9 cm; 4 3/16 in x 4 9/32 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: The label of this urn–shaped blown glass jar is applied with the cold paint technique in the rococo style. The white escutcheon is outlined in gold and framed with vines of red and blue flowers, and is marked, <i>EXTR. LAUDANI THEOPHRAST VITAE</i>"
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493–1541), more commonly known as Paracelsus, was a Swiss physician who is notable for his invention of Laudanum as well as his rejection of Galenic humoral medical practice, and for introducing chemistry to the practice of medicine. This jar would have contained Theophrastus’s formula for the extract of laudanum vitae. Laudanum is an opium tincture that was used as a sedative, an antidiarrheal, an antitussive, and an analgesic.
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OL MAIOR
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
date made: 18th century
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 8.6 cm x 3.7 cm; 3 3/8 in x 1 7/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This blown and molded round glass bottle has a narrow neck with a wide flared lip and a rounded glass stopper. The white baked enamel label is outlined in blue, terminating with a blue bow and a yellow crown. The label is marked <i>OL MAIOR</i> in black. In Latin, the letter I was often used instead of a J as seen on the bottle. The bottle would have contained an oil of majorana, made from the leaves of the majoram tree. The oil was prescribed as a tonic, cephalic as a possible cure for headache, and expectorant.
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MELLAG GRAMIN
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Bottle
Bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
Date made: 18th Century
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 11.7 cm x 6.6 cm; 4 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
Description: This glass drug container has a baked enamel label and is marked <i>MELLAG GRAMIN</i>.
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Apothecary Bottle, LAP OPHTHALM DIVIR
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
date made: 18th century
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 16.1 cm x 11.1 cm x 6.7 cm; 6 5/16 in x 4 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Ophthalmology
Health & Medicine
Description: Blown and molded rectangular shaped bottle with rounded shoulders. The label, applied with a cold color technique is an oval shield framed by green and red leaves with a shell. The label is marked with the alchemical symbol for salt and is marked <i>LAP OPHTHALM DIVIR</i>.
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Apothecary Bottle, POLYCR
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
date made: 18th century
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 15.5 cm x 10.2 cm x 6.6 cm; 6 1/8 in x 4 in x 2 5/8 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: Blown and molded rectangular shaped bottle with rounded shoulders. The label, applied with a cold color technique is an oval shield framed by green and red leaves with a shell. The label is marked with the alchemical symbol for salt and is marked <i>POLYCR</i>.
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Friedrich Herrmann Ludewig Muzell
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: print
print; ART OBJECTS
date made: 1786
artist: Graft, Anton
engraver: Berger, Daniel
depicted: Muzell, Friedrich Herrmann Ludewig
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
white (overall color)
black (overall color)
engraving (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 38.5 cm x 28.3 cm; 15 3/16 in x 11 1/8 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: Portrait print of the German physician, Friedrich Hermann Ludwig Muzell (1715-1784), based on a 1773 painting by Anton Graff, and engraved by Daniel Berger in 1786.
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La Pharmacie Rustique
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: print
print; ART OBJECTS
date made: 1775
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
white (overall color)
black (overall color)
engraving (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 28 cm x 28 cm; 11 in x 11 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: The bottom part of the print, missing in this example, identifies the scene as “La Pharmacie Rustique” in the Swiss Alps. The plump proprietor, Michael Schüppach, is shown examining a vial of urine, presumably that of the wealthy woman and well-dressed woman. This image was drawn by Gottfried Locher in 1774 and printed by Barthelemi Hubner in 1775.
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Het Committe Van Algemeen Welzyn
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: print
print; ART OBJECTS
date made: ca 1800
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: image: 25.5 cm x 21 cm; 10 1/16 in x 8 1/4 in
overall: 27.3 cm x 22.1 cm; 10 3/4 in x 8 11/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
Religion
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: Though the title is in Dutch, the writing on the bottles are in French and reference the French reign of terror. The cartoon is one of a series in the book "Hollandia Regenerata" by David Hess (1771-1843), published in 1797. The images satirize the Batavian Repblic and the French relationship with the Dutch.
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I.G.R. Andreae, in Hannover
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: print
print; ART OBJECTS
date made: 1786
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
white (overall color)
black (overall color)
etching (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: image: 15.3 cm x 9.2 cm; 6 in x 3 5/8 in
overall: 16.7 cm x 9.9 cm; 6 9/16 in x 3 7/8 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
Religion
European Apothecary
Portraits
Health & Medicine
Description: Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae (1724-1793) was a natural scientist, proprietor of a pharmacy in Hanover, and correspondent with many prominent men of his day. This portrait was engraved by Johann Philipp Ganz, engraver to the King of Hannover.
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Christian Gottlob Dieze
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: print
print; ART OBJECTS
date made: 1798
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
white (overall color)
black (overall color)
etching (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 20 cm x 15.7 cm; 7 7/8 in x 6 3/16 in
image: 13.1 cm x 10.4 cm; 5 3/16 in x 4 1/8 in
image: 10.4 cm x 7.5 cm; 4 1/8 in x 2 15/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
Religion
European Apothecary
Portraits
Description: Portrait of Christian Gottlob Dieze, apothecary
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Tire du Cabinet de M. le Brun
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: print
print; ART OBJECTS
date made: 1778
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
plastic (overall material)
white (overall color)
black (overall color)
etching (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 47.2 cm x 35.7 cm; 18 9/16 in x 14 1/16 in
image: 24 cm x 19 cm; 9 7/16 in x 7 1/2 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
Religion
European Apothecary
Description: The inscriptions at the bottom of this satirical image of an alchemical laboratory read “Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. le Brun” and “Thomas Wyck Pinxit” and “L. Le Grand Sculp.” and “A Paris chez Chereau rüe des Matturins au coin de celle de Sorbonne.” Thomas Wyck (or Wijck) (1616-1677) was a Dutch artist.
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Franchise, apothecary
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: franchise
date made: 1791
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
velvet (overall material)
wood (overall material)
wax (overall material)
parchment (overall material)
Measurements: overall, as stored: 1/8 in x 17 in x 13 7/8 in; .3175 cm x 43.18 cm x 35.2425 cm
franchise: 35.5 cm x 26.2 cm x 2.8 cm; 14 in x 10 5/16 in x 1 1/8 in
case for seal: 3.3 cm x 16.3 cm; 1 5/16 in x 6 7/16 in
object box: 5.5 cm x 49.3 cm x 37 13/16 in; 2 3/16 in x 19 7/16 in x 96.012 cm
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Description: A franchise is a legal document issued by a government or a sovereign granting the right to carry out commercial activities. In Germany franchises were granted to individuals for the privilege of purchasing or inheriting an apothecary, or the exclusive rights to sell a medicinal product within a city or town.
This franchise is hand written in gothic script and elaborately decorated. It is twenty-two pages long and has a red wax seal housed in a round carved wooden box. It was issued and signed in Vienna on 20 August 1791, by the German Emperor Leopold II. George Urdang's entry in <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> states "In this document, the Emperor confirms an earlier franchise for the production and sale of Trusinger's Healing Plaster, originally granted by Emperor Ferdinand III..."
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Mortar
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mortar
mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
date made: 1773
unspecified: Spain
Physical Description: bronze (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 9.6 cm x 14.7 cm; 3 3/4 in x 5 13/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Description: Short, squat-shaped, brass mortar with wide mouth. Four baluster columns alternate between four stylized flowers. The band of writing just below the mouth is mostly illegible, except for the Roman numeral "MDCCXXXIII." Urdang believed this mortar to be from Spain.
Testing with a X-Ray floesence spectrometer indicates the chemical composition of this mortar is about 81% copper, 14% Zinc, 3% tin, 2 % lead and trace metals.
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Mortar and Pestle
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mortar
mortar
mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
date made: 1783
Physical Description: metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 10.1 cm x 12.5 cm x 10 cm x 10.1 cm; 4 in x 4 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 4 in
overall: 4 in x 5 in x 3 7/8 in; 10.16 cm x 12.7 cm x 9.8425 cm
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Medicine
Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Description: Beaker-shaped mortar with two knob handles. The body of the mortar has incised lines Marked "ANNO 1783". Based on the decoration of the mortar, Urdang felt this mortar was made within the in Germanic territory.
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Mortar and Pestle
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mortar
mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
date made: ca 1800
Physical Description: bronze (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 26 cm x 12 cm; 10 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Medicine
Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Description: Urn-shaped cast bronze mortar with a pestle and a lid to keep the contents from spilling onto the work surface. The pestle has an acron-shaped finial.
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Apothecary Jar
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
white (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 9.6 cm x 6.2 cm; 3 3/4 in x 2 7/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Medicine
Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Description: This free blown urn-shaped glass container has a wide lip and an applied circular foot. The white oval cartouche is surrounded by a wreath of blue leaves capped with a yellow crown. The baked enamel label is marked in black, "TEMPER", with an alchemical symbol.
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SAL, EPSOMEN
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: paint (overall material)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
red (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
glass (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 9 cm x 6.6 cm; 3 9/16 in x 2 5/8 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: The wide mouth jar is marked <i>SAL, EPSOMEN</i>, and would have contained Epsom salt, which could be used as a cathartic, diuretic, and diaphoretic. The jar is free blown with a flared lip, and an applied foot. The baked enamel label is a white shield surrounded by a blue wreath. Atop the shield is a red, yellow, and white crown capped with a blue orb.
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PULV ANTISP RUB
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
red (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
glass (overall material)
paint, enamel (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 8.6 cm x 5.6 cm; 3 3/8 in x 2 3/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This jar is marked <i> PULV ANTISP RUB</i>. It is free blown glass with a flattened collar and an applied round foot. The clear glass container is decorated with a baked enamel cartouche bearing a white medallion that is framed by blue stylized leaves and ribbons, and topped by a crown
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