Franchise, apothecary
date: label: date made
content: ca 1824
notes: label: Description
content: A franchise is a legal document issued by a government or a sovereign granting the right to carry out commercial activities. In Germany franchises were granted to individuals for the privilege of purchasing or inheriting an apothecary, or the exclusive rights to sell a medicinal product within a city or town.
label: Description
content: This hand-tooled leather bound document was issued and signed by Pope Leo XII, in 1824 permitting the establishment of a new pharmacy by "Dominus" Paulus Ruga in Rome. The interior of the binding has brown and yellow marbled paper. The pages are hand colored with gold, black, and red ink. Attached to the document by a red and gold cord is a red wax seal housed in a silver-colored oval box with a lid.
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: 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: 1991.0664.0080
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 831
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: franchise
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wax (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, closed: 24.5 cm x 8.3 cm x .5 cm; 9 21/32 in x 3 9/32 in x 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: case for seal: 1.8 cm x 8.6 cm x 6.6 cm; 23/32 in x 3 3/8 in x 2 19/32 in