SEMEN FOENICUL
date: label: date made
content: 1790-1810
label: Date made
content: 1775 - 1799
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This jar is marked "SEMEN FOENICULI" and "HN" appears on the bottom of the jar. Semen Foeniculi are seeds of the fennel plant. which can be pressed to make oil. They are also used for flavoring, as an anti-microbial, for the expulsion of gas, and for colic in infants. George Urdang author of <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> attributes the containers 1991.0664.0760 through 1991.0664.0825 to Hanau in the late 18th century based on the floral design surrounding the medallion and the initials "HN" on the bottom of many jars in the series. However, in a letter to museum curators dated August 1983, the pharmaceutical historian Wolfgang-Hagen Hein wrote that the containers without initials and those marked "FH" were made in Florsheim in the German state of Hesse.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hesse, Hanau
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: 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: 1991.0664.0783
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 707
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0783
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 cm x 10.5 cm; 6 5/16 in x 4 1/8 in