Apothecary Jar
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This free blown wide mouth bottle has a flat collar and round foot. The container is decorated with a white cartouche framed by a blue stylized vine and topped by a yellow crown.
label: Description
content: Marked <i>ESS</i> and with two alchemical symbols, Sal (Salt) and Tartarus (Tartar). Essences of salt and tartar, Tartari, Sal was used as a diuretic and as a cathartic.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: unspecified
content: Germany
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: 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: 1991.0664.0145
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05293
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blown (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.7 cm x 6.5 cm; 3 13/16 in x 2 9/16 in