Object Details
- Description
- This baked enamel label is marked with the alchemical symbol for spirits and the text AURANT in black underneath. The Roman numeral "VII" is etched into the shoulder. Aurantium is Latin for orange, so this jar would have contained orange rinds steeped in an alcohol solution. This solution was used as a tonic or an antiscorbutic (to prevent scurvy).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th-18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0376
- catalog number
- M-05525
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 237
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0376
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.9 cm x 4.7 cm x 5 cm; 4 9/32 in x 1 27/32 in x 1 31/32 in
- 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
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993854
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7331-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
