ESS CHAMEDR
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded bottle is marked <i>ESS CHAMEDR</i>, and would have contained the Essence of Chamaedrys, or the essence of germander. Essence of germander was made from the <i>Teucrium chamaedrys</i> plant and would have been used to alleviate a variety of gastric issues. The generic blue and yellow Baroque decoration with its stylized crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken-Museum in Heidelberg.
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: 1991.0664.0316
label: catalog number
content: M-05465
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 174
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0316
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: 13 cm x 6.8 cm x 6.9 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 11/16 in x 2 11/16 in