SULPH AURAT
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square-shaped glass bottle has a narrow neck and a flared lip. The baked white enamel label is outlined with a stylized golden wreath and a red bow at the bottom of the label, and a crown. The label is marked <i>SULPH AURAT</i> in black text with the alchemical symbol for antimony at the bottom. This jar would have contained Sulphur Auratum Antimonii, or Golden Sulphur of Antimony. Golden sulphur of antimony consisted of antimonic sulphide, a golden yellow powder. Also known as sulphur antimonii praecipitatum it was used as an emetic.
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: 1991.0664.0458
label: catalog number
content: M-05607
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 319
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0458
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.5 cm x 4 cm x 3.9 cm; 3 3/8 in x 1 9/16 in x 1 9/16 in