Object Details
- Description
- The label of this urn–shaped blown glass has been applied with the cold paint technique in the rococo style. The white escutcheon is outlined in gold and framed with vines of red and blue flowers, and is marked ELEC.MITHRIDAT.ANDROMACH.
- Jars 1991.0664.405 through 1991.0664.0408 contained electuaries, blends of various herbs, water, honey and sugar that form a paste. Named after Mithradates, King of Pontus, this medicine was touted as an antidote for poisoning. Andromachus, Nero’s physician, refined the Mithridatum remedy into this concoction. Minthradatum Andromachus would have contained over 50 ingredients, but its active ingredient was opium.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0407
- catalog number
- M-05556
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 268
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0407
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13.5 cm x 10.3 cm; 5 5/16 in x 4 1/16 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_993955
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7cd5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
