MERCUR VIRID
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square-shaped glass jar has a narrow neck and a flared lip. The baked white enamel label is framed in blue and red, which and is surrounded by a gold and brown escutcheon with a crown sitting at the top. The label is marked <i>MERCUR VIRID</i> in black text with the first initial of each word in red. This bottle would have held <i>Mercurius Viridis</i> or Green Mercury.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & 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: 1991.0664.0457
label: catalog number
content: M-05606
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 318
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0457
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 cm x 8.5 cm x 8.2 cm; 4 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 3 1/4 in