Apothecary Jar, SAL VOL:LUM BRIC
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
label: date made
content: about 1750
notes: label: Description
content: The baked enamel label inside the round cartouche is marked <i>SAL: VOL: LUM BRIC</i>, which translates to Sal Volatile Lumbricrum or Volatile Salt of Earthworms.
label: Description
content: This blown and molded square-shaped bottle was made for the Moor Apthecary in Mainz, Germany in the Rhine River Valley. The round white painted wooden lid has a rounded finial. The first letter of each word is red and the remaining letters are painted black. The cartouche is embellished with stylized acanthus leaves painted yellow and white. There is a red crown at the top above a wheel and sword. According to George Urdang, author of <i>The Squibb ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> the initials "CR" within the blue medallion at the bottom of the jar stand for the shop’s owner Casper Ritter. The small black figure to the left of the medallion is a moor, the symbol of the Moor Apothecary. The Deutches-Apotheken Museum in Heidelberg, Germany has containers from the Moor Apothecary in Mainz.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Mainz
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
label: Related Publication
content: Elisabeth Huwer. Das Deutsche Apotheken-Museum
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: 1991.0664.0223
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05371
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 80
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0223.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0223.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Object Name
content: jar, apothecary
label: Other Terms
content: jar; bottle; 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: Measurements
content: overall: 11 cm x 6 cm x 5.8 cm; 4 5/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 10.795 cm x 5.715 cm x 6.0325 cm