SPIRIT MURIAT AH
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This square-shaped glass bottle has a baked enamel label marked <i>SPIR MATRICAL</i>. Matricaria contains the leaves of the Feverfew plant, a European herb.
label: Description
content: The European Apothecary Collection contains dozens of drug jars with this same embellishment. The generic blue and yellow decoration with its stylized crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken Museum in Heidelberg, Germany.
label: Description
content: This blown and molded glass bottle is marked "SPIRIT MURIAT AH.” Muriaticum was used as a tonic, diuretic, and antiseptic.
label: Description
content: The European Apothecary Collection contains dozens of drug jars with this same embellishment. The generic blue and yellow decoration with its stylized crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken Museum in Heidelberg, Germany.
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: 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: 1991.0664.0242
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05390
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0242.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0242.02
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 99
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: 11.5 cm x 5.5 cm x 5.3 cm; 4 1/2 in x 2 3/16 in x 2 1/16 in