CROC. ANTIM.
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown wide mouth glass jar has a flared collar, and an applied round foot. A baked enamel cartouche decorates the clear glass, with a white shield framed by blue stylized leaves and yellow ribbon, capped by a crown which is typical of German pharmaceutical containers of the 17th and 18th century's. It is marked <i>CROC. ANTIM</i>. Crocus Antimonii was used in the preparation of other antimony salts.
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
label: Related Publication
content: Estes, J. Worth. Dictionary of Protopharmacology: Therapeutic Practices, 1700-1850
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: 1991.0664.0183
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05331
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0183
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 40
objectType: 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: colorless (overall color)
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: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blown (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: rococo (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.6 cm x 6.3 cm; 3 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in