ESS LiGNOR
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This square-shaped bottle has an applied neck and a flared collar. The clear glass is decorated with a baked enamel cartouche. A white shield on a blue background is framed by a yellow C scroll design and capped by a crown. Urdang attributes this bottle to the Court Pharmacy of Pillnitz, which today is a city quarter in eastern Dresden, Germany. It is marked <i>ESS LiGNOR</i> in red initial letters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: unspecified
content: Germany
topic: 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: Health & Medicine
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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: 1991.0664.0185
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05333
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0185
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 42
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Other Terms
content: bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: colorless (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blown (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: rococo (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.3 cm x 6 cm x 6.2 cm; 4 7/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 7/16 in