BUTYR ANTIMON
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square glass jar has a narrow neck, a flared lip, and a circular glass stopper. The number "13" has been etched into the stopper. The baked white enamel label is flanked by blue flowers on the sides and top, and a blue ribbon sits on top of the label. The label reads<i>BUTYR ANTIMON</i> in black text. This jar would have contained butter of antimony (antimony trichloride), which was used as a caustic. Antimony tricholoride is toxic and is used today as a flame retardant.
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: 1991.0664.0420
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05569
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 281
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0420.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0420.02
objectType: 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: 14.4 cm x 7 cm x 6.9 cm; 5 11/16 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 11/16 in