VITAE
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has a narrow neck and a flared lip. The baked white enamel shield is framed by stylized blue leaves with red and yellow flowers. A yellow crown sits atop the shield. The alchemical symbol for spirits is just above the word <i>VITAE</i> in black. <i>Spirits of life</i> could have referred to mercury, or to a variety of distilled spirits, including alcohol. The jar is illustrated on page 24 in the <i>Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i>.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: 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: 1991.0664.0354
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 215
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0354
label: catalog number
content: M-05503
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Other Terms
content: bottle; bottle & stopper; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.8 cm x 5 cm x 4.8 cm; 4 5/8 in x 1 15/16 in x 1 7/8 in