Apothecary Bottle, Cochlear
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square-shaped glass bottle is marked <i> COCHLEAR</i>. Cochlearia also known as Scurvy-grass was used by sailors to prevent scurvy, a disease which results from a lack of vitamin C. Scurvy can cause anemia and bleeding gums.
label: Description
content: The bottle has a round glass stopper. The baked white enamel label is an oval shield framed with stylized yellow leaves and yellow crown. The label is marked in black with the alchemical symbol for spirits. The bottle has been etched with an unknown alchemical symbol just above the crown on the right side, and the Roman numeral XI has been etched into the glass stopper.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
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: 1991.0664.0195
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05343
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 52
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0195.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0195.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14.4 cm x 5.5 cm x 5.6 cm; 5 11/16 in x 2 3/16 in x 2 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 2 in x 2 1/8 in; 14.605 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.3975 cm