Apothecary Bottle, ELIX PECTOR
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown glass drug container has a round, flat-shaped stopper and an applied foot. A blue, red and yellow floral wreath is connected at the top with a pink ribbon and at the bottom with a blue ribbon. The Roman numeral XI is etched into the glass just above the shoulder. The opaque white color of the glass comes from the addition of tin oxide and was meant to imitate porcelain. The inside of the wreath is marked, <i>ELIX: PECTOR:</i>. It wasa liquid remedy for ailments of the chest and lungs.
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: 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: 1991.0664.0480
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05629
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0480.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0480.02
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 341
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 4 3/8 in; 21.59 cm x 11.1125 cm