Apothecary Bottle, OL MACIS
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square bottle has rounded shoulders, and an oval-shaped glass stopper. Dating from the eighteenth century, this baked enamel label is typical of the Rococo style. The oval cartouche is outlined in blue stylized acanthus leaves and pink ribbon the center of the cartouche is marked in black <i> OL MACIS </i>, refers to nutmeg. This jar is one of a group of six small containers used for oil extracts.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
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: 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: 1991.0664.0418
label: catalog number
content: M-05567
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 279
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0418.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0418.02
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: 8.6 cm x 3.6 cm x 3.6 cm; 3 3/8 in x 1 7/16 in x 1 7/16 in