ESS SERPENT
date: label: date made
content: before 1738
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This free-blown glass container has a narrow neck and a flared lip. The baked white enamel circular shield is flanked by green leaves. At the top of the shield is a red crown with a yellow orb. Below the oval shield is the coat of arms for the Duchy of Saxony Marseburg and the house of Marseburg. Due to a crack that bisects directly through the left pendant the coat of arms is somewhat obscured. The shield is marked in red and black <i>ESS/ SERPENT</i>.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In the <i>Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i>, George Urdang notes that this jar was made prior to 1738, as the dukes of Saxony no longer resided in Marsebreg after that date.
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
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: 1991.0664.0226
label: catalog number
content: M--05374
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 83
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0226
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: 15.5 cm x 8.5 cm; 6 1/8 in x 3 3/8 in