PILL, BALASMIC. BE=CHER
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: In his Dictionary of <i>Protopharmacology: Theraputic Practices 1700-1850</i>, J. Worth Estes describes Balsamic as “A softening, restoring, healing, and cleansing medicine”.
label: Description
content: This turned wooden drug jar would have contained Balsamic pills. It has two incised lines at the neck and the base of the container, and the ivory-colored shield outlined in gold and black. There is a piece of paper attached to the interior of the lid with a hand written inscription.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: European Apothecary
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Wood Drug Jars
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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: 1991.0664.0878
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 800
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0878.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0878.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: turnen wood (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.3 cm x 7.4 cm; 4 1/16 in x 2 15/16 in