VISC QUERC
date: label: date made
content: 17th century
notes: label: Description
content: This dark green blown glass jar has a wide mouth to accommodate dried plant material. The label is applied with the cold paint method. Unlike the enamel labels, there is no baking involved. Therefore it is not unusual to find the label has been badly scratched and suffered severe paint loss.
label: Description
content: The decoration appears as an upside–down heart outlined in red with a stylized flower at the top. The label is marked in red and black, "VISC QUERC" and the alchemical symbol for powder above the label. Viscum Quercinum is Latin for oak mistletoe. This jar would have contained powdered oak mistletoe, used as an antispasmodic, tonic, and narcotic.
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: 1991.0664.0346
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05495
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 207
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0346
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: Measurements
content: overall: 16.7 cm x 12.5 cm; 6 9/16 in x 4 29/32 in