SPIR SAPON
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded bottle has a baked enamel label framed by a Baroque-style blue and yellow cartouche. The label is marked <i>SPIR SAPON</i> also known as Spiritus Saponatus, or Spirit of Soap. Spirit of Soap was used as a salve for a variety of skin conditions. It was prepared by making soap from olive oil and potassium, then steeping it in alcohol and water.
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: 1991.0664.0266
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05415
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 124
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0266
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: 12.2 cm x 7.5 cm x 6.8 cm; 4 13/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 11/16 in