ELEC MITHRIDAT. ANDROMACH
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: The label of this urn–shaped blown glass has been applied with the cold paint technique in the rococo style. The white escutcheon is outlined in gold and framed with vines of red and blue flowers, and is marked <i>ELEC.MITHRIDAT.ANDROMACH</i>.
label: Description
content: Jars 1991.0664.405 through 1991.0664.0408 contained electuaries, blends of various herbs, water, honey and sugar that form a paste. Named after Mithradates, King of Pontus, this medicine was touted as an antidote for poisoning. Andromachus, Nero’s physician, refined the Mithridatum remedy into this concoction. Minthradatum Andromachus would have contained over 50 ingredients, but its active ingredient was opium.
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: 1991.0664.0407
label: catalog number
content: M-05556
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 268
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0407
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.5 cm x 10.3 cm; 5 5/16 in x 4 1/16 in