EPILEPT NIGR
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: The label of this bottle is marked with the alchemical symbol for powder and <i>EPILEPT NIGR</i>. The jar would have contained black epileptic powder containing dictamnus, (known as dittany, burning bush, and gas plant), and paeonia flowers, valerian root, and deer antlers. The powder was used as an antiepileptic to prevent seizures.
label: Description
content: This bottle is a blown and molded square–shaped jar with a wide mouth and rounded shoulders. The closure is a round wood and cork lid that has been stained brown. The lid is probably not original to the jar. The baked enamel label is a white oval shield framed by a stylized wreath of blue leaves and red and yellow flowers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: unspecified
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
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: 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: 1991.0664.0211
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05359
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 68
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0211.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0211.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: hand blown (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: rococo (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.6 cm x 6.1 cm x 6 cm; 4 3/16 in x 2 13/32 in x 2 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 10.4775 cm x 6.0325 cm x 6.0325 cm