Object Details
- Description
- This square-shaped blown and molded glass apothecary bottle, and illustrated on page 24 of The Squibb Ancient Apothecary Catalogue, has a baked enamel baroque-style blue and yellow cartouche on its front. It is labeled ESS CASS LIGN in black, with the first letter of each word in red. The jar would have contained an essence of cassia lignum, or cassia tree leaves or bark steeped in an alcohol solution, which was used as a laxative.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th-18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0343
- catalog number
- M-05492
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 204
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0343
- Object Name
- jar
- bottle
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13.3 cm x 7 cm x 7.3 cm; 5 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 7/8 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_993843
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-75ab-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
