Apothecary Bottle, ELIX VITR MYNS
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This blown clear glass drug jar has a round, white, baked enamel label flanked by green leaves. At the top is a red crown with a yellow orb, and at the bottom below the oval shield is the coat of arms for the Duchy of Saxony-Marseburg, and the house of Marseburg. The bottle is marked in red and black <i>ELIX/VITR/MYNS</i>.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> George Urdang notes that this jar as well as 1991.0664.0226, were made prior to 1738, as the dukes of Saxony no longer resided in Marsebreg.
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
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: 1991.0664.0225
label: catalog number
content: M-05373
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 82
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 7.5 cm; 6 1/8 in x 2 15/16 in