Pewter Box
notes: label: Description
content: Round pewter container with lid. The <i>Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> lists this box as a contained for “Richter’s pills.” Richter’s pills were nostrums, or pills that had no discernible physiological effect. An inscription around the coat of arms reads: Christian Sigm. Christoph Fridrich Richter.
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: Health & 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: 1991.0664.0983
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-06379
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 1071
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0983
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.3 cm x 3.7 cm; 1/2 in x 1 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 3.81 cm