Object Details
Description
This baked enamel label is marked in red and black AQ SAPHIREA. The European Apothecary Collection contains dozens of drug jars with this same embellishment. The generic blue and yellow decoration with its stylized crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken Museum in Heidelberg, Germany.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
date made
18th century
ID Number
1991.0664.0239
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
M-05387
collector/donor number
SAP 96
catalog number
1991.0664.0239.01
1991.0664.0239.02
Object Name
bottle
Other Terms
bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
Physical Description
glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 18 cm x 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 7 1/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in
Related Publication
Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Pharmacy
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_994198