LIQ TARTAR SOL
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square-shaped blown and molded glass apothecary jar is marked <i>LIQ TARTAR SOL</i> in black, with the first letter of each word in red. The apothecary jar would have contained a liquid tartar solution. Tartar, also known as cream of tartar, or potassium bitartrate, is a byproduct of the winemaking process, crystallizing from the pulp and skins of grapes called must, in the fermenting barrel. Tartar was used as a diuretic and as a cathartic.
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: Estes, J. Worth. Dictionary of Protopharmacology: Therapeutic Practices, 1700-1850
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: 1991.0664.0326
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05475
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 184
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0326.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0326.02
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: 8.7 cm x 4.7 cm x 4.7 cm; 3 7/16 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in