AURANT
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has a narrow neck, a flared lip, and a round glass stopper. The baked white enamel shield is framed by stylized blue leaves with red and yellow flowers. A yellow crown sits atop the shield. The label has the alchemical symbol for Spirits above the text <i>AURANT.</i> This bottle would have held a solution of aurantiorum (orange) that was prescribed to help stomach pains.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
label: See more items in
content: Health & Medicine
label: See more items in
content: European Apothecary
label: See more items in
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: 1991.0664.0390
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05539
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 251
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0390.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0390.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle and stopper
label: Other Terms
content: bottle; bottle and stopper; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 cm x 7.1 cm x 7 cm; 7 1/16 in x 2 13/16 in x 2 3/4 in