EXTR CATECHU
date: label: date made
content: 1790-1810
label: Date made
content: 1775 - 1799
notes: label: Description
content: This vase like container has a grayish white glaze. The vase is decorated with a painted oval medallion flanked by vines of purple and blue flowers, green leaves and a blue ribbon. The interior of the medallion is marked, "EXTR CATECHU.”
label: Description
content: Catechu is a substance having astringent action, obtained from Acacia catechu by boiling the wood in water. As a medicinal, catechu or black catechu is used to freshen breath and stop nose bleeds and uterine hemorrhaging.
label: Description
content: Urdang attributes the containers 1991.0664.0760 through 1991.0664.0825 to Hanau in the late 18th century based on the floral design surrounding the medallion and the initials HN on the bottom of many of the jars in the series. However, in a letter dated August 1983, the pharmaceutical history scholar Wolfgang Hagen Hein believes the unmarked containers and those marked FH were made in Florsheim in the German state of Hesse.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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: 1991.0664.0763
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05975
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 687
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0763
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.1 cm x 7.5 cm; 3 19/32 in x 2 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 2 7/8 in; 9.525 cm x 7.3025 cm