ESS TFRIFOL FIBR
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square-shaped glass bottle has a narrow neck and flared lip. The bottle has a baked white enamel label framed in blue and red, and surrounded by a gold and brown escutcheon. The label is marked <i>ESS TFRIFOL FIBR</i> in black text. The first initial of each word is painted red. This bottle would have contained Essence of Trifolium fiber. The <i>Trifolium</i> genus of plants contains a variety of clovers used in different medications that were prescribed as aperients, deobstruents, stomachics, diuretics, and diaphoretics.
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: 1991.0664.0455
label: catalog number
content: M-05604
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 316
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0455
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.8 cm x 6.1 cm x 6.2 cm; 4 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 7/16 in