ANIS
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square–shaped bottle has a white baked enamel oval cartouche that is outlined with blue vines, red and yellow flowers and a three-pointed crown. The cartouche is marked <i>ANIS</i> beneath the alchemical symbols for spirits, salt, and herb. The jar would have contained a concoction using the anise plant, which was noted for its use as a tonic, or a pectoral (for chest and lung relief), or to relieve flatulence.
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: 1991.0664.0384
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05533
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 245
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0384.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0384.02
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: Measurements
content: overall: 16.7 cm x 6.7 cm x 7.1 cm; 6 9/16 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 25/32 in