CALCAR SULPHU STIB
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This aothecary jar has a flared lip and an applied foot. The painted label is applied with the cold paint technique. The white egg-shaped shield is outlined in black and is marked <i>CALCAR SULPHU STIB</i> in black. The jar would have contained Calcarea Sulphurica Stib (Calcium Sulphate Antimony), which was used to alleviate a variety of skin ailments.
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: 1991.0664.0409
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05558
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 270
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0409
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: bottle; jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.8 cm x 5.5 cm; 3 1/16 in x 2 3/16 in