Apothecary Bottle, Oleum Anis Vulga
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: A blown glass drug jar with a round body and a long neck, flared lip and an applied foot. The oval label is painted gold, black and red in the cold paint technique and is marked in Latin, <i>Oleum Anis Vulga</i>.
label: Description
content: Containers of this shape and size were called "noenchen" or little nuns. This jar is one of a group of five containers of the same size and shape.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: Religion
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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: 1991.0664.0402
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05551
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 263
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Other Terms
content: bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.3 cm x 5.2 cm; 3 1/4 in x 2 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 8.89 cm x 4.7625 cm