OL PETERA
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has an applied neck and flared collar. The clear glass is decorated with a white baked enamel cartouche on a blue background, framed by a yellow C scroll design and capped by a crown. George Urdang, author of <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> attributes this bottle to the Court Pharmacy of Pillnitz. It is marked in red and black <i>OL PETERA</i>. The bottle would have contained Oleum Petera, or Peter’s Oil. Petra is Latin for rock, so this is rock oil, commonly known as petroleum. Petroleum was used as an antispasmodic, a liniment, and an expectorant.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: unspecified
content: Germany
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: 1991.0664.0187
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05335
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0187
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 44
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: Physical Description
content: colorless (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blown (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.5 cm x 2.6 cm x 2.8 cm; 4 1/2 in x 1 in x 1 1/8 in