BALS COPAIV
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This square blown and molded bottle has a flat collar, and is decorated with a baked white enamel cartouche framed by stylized blue leaves, and yellow and red flowers. It is marked in black <i>BALS COPAIV</i>. Brought from Central and South America to Europe in the 17th century, Copaiva is the juice of a tree, the <i>Copaitera Balsamum</i>. Its uses are many, from calming the nervous system to treating genital and urinary infections.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: unspecified
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
label: See more items in
content: European Apothecary
label: See more items in
content: Health & Medicine
label: See more items in
content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
label: Related Publication
content: Estes, J. Worth. Dictionary of Protopharmacology: Therapeutic Practices, 1700-1850
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: 1991.0664.0213
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05361
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 70
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0213
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: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: hand blown (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.8 cm x 4.8 cm x 4.9 cm; 4 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 15/16 in