ESS CASS LIGN
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This square-shaped blown and molded glass apothecary bottle, and illustrated on page 24 of <i>The Squibb Ancient Apothecary Catalogue</i>, has a baked enamel baroque-style blue and yellow cartouche on its front. It is labeled <i>ESS CASS LIGN</i> in black, with the first letter of each word in red. The jar would have contained an essence of cassia lignum, or cassia tree leaves or bark steeped in an alcohol solution, which was used as a laxative.
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: 1991.0664.0343
label: catalog number
content: M-05492
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 204
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0343
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.3 cm x 7 cm x 7.3 cm; 5 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 7/8 in