Apothecary Bottle, ELIX: VISCER: H
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown glass drug container is marked, <i>ELIX: VISCER: H:</i>" The opaque white color of the glass comes from the addition of tin oxide and was meant to imitate porcelain.
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: 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: 1991.0664.0479
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05628
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0479.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0479.02
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 340
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: 21 cm x 10.5 cm; 8 1/4 in x 4 1/8 in