Mel ros sol
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This light blue and white syrup jar has a strap handle and straight spout. It is marked in manganese-colored gothic script, <i>Mel ros sol</i>. The word Mel in Latin denotes Honey. Mel ros sol might refer to Rosatus Solutions Syrupus. George Urdang author of <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> notes that the handle is decorated with the owners signature mark, folded arms supporting a cross.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: Medicine
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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
label: Related Publication
content: Drey, Rudolf E.A.. Apothecary Jars
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: 1991.0664.0615
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 539
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0615
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syrup jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.5 cm x 13 cm x 18.2 cm; 7 5/16 in x 5 1/8 in x 7 3/16 in