Apothecary Jar
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This square-shaped glass bottle has an applied neck and a flat circular collar. The container is decorated with a baked white enamel cartouche that is framed by yellow stylized leaves and capped by a crown. A baked enamel label is marked with the alchemical symbol for spirits and <i>C: C:</i>. The number 19 has been etched into the shoulder. According to George Urdang, author of <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> this bottle was manufactured in the last third of the 18th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: unspecified
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Art
publisher: 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: 1991.0664.0196
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05344
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 53
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0196
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Other Terms
content: bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: colorless (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blown (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.2 cm x 6.2 cm x 6.4 cm; 6 in x 2 7/16 in x 2 1/2 in