Object Details
- Description
- This free blown wide mouth bottle has a flat collar and round foot. The container is decorated with a white cartouche framed by a blue stylized vine and topped by a yellow crown.
- Marked ESS and with two alchemical symbols, Sal (Salt) and Tartarus (Tartar). Essences of salt and tartar, Tartari, Sal was used as a diuretic and as a cathartic.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th-18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0145
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05293
- collector/donor number
- SAP 2
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- blue (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.7 cm x 6.5 cm; 3 13/16 in x 2 9/16 in
- unspecified
- Germany
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994115
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-66a2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
