E MITHRID: DAMO
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This cylindrical straight walled drug jar has a glazed white background and a blue cartouche. A basket of fruit sits atop the cartouche and is flanked by two peacocks. The center of the cartouche is marked, <i>E/ MITHRID: DAMO".</i> Mithrid Damo is probably Mithridate a mixture of fifty or more ingredients, and was used as an antidote for poisons. It was named for Mithridatre VI King of Pontus (134-63 BCE), who was supposed to have invented the concoction to protect himself from being poisoned by his enemies.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Netherlands
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: Medicine
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Wittop Koning, D.A.. Delftse Apothekers Potten
label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0838
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 762
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0838
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33.5 cm x 20.5 cm; 13 3/16 in x 8 1/16 in