TART TARTAR
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This square-shaped blown and molded glass apothecary jar has a baked enamel baroque-style blue and yellow cartouche on its front. It is labeled <i>TART TARTAR</i> in black, with the first letter in each word in red. Tartar, also known as cream of tartar, or potassium bitartrate is a byproduct of the wine making process, crystallizing from the pulp and skins of grapes called must, in the fermenting barrel. Tartar was used as a diuretic and as a cathartic.
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: 1991.0664.0342
label: catalog number
content: M-05491
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 203
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0342
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: 11.5 cm x 7 cm x 7.4 cm; 4 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 15/16 in