Apothecary Bottle
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has a narrow neck and flared lip. The container is decorated with a baked enamel white shield framed in blue without a label. Just above the shield is a lion and a red crown with a blue orb. Containers with blank labels could be filled with different ingredients depending on the apothecaries needs. When the contents of the jars were replaced, apothecaries would write the appropriate name in the medallion.
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: 1991.0664.0227
label: catalog number
content: M-05375
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 84
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0227
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.5 cm x 5.3 cm x 5 cm; 4 1/2 in x 2 1/16 in x 1 15/16 in