Object Details
- Description
- This urn-shaped blown-glass jar has rounded shoulders and a flared neck with a round glass stopper. The opaqueness of the glass comes from additing tin oxide to the formula in an attempt to mimic porcelain. The jar has a gold shield decorated with red and blue flowers. The label has the alchemical symbol for Spirits, with the text LUMBRIC in black underneath. This jar would have contained an alcoholic solution of lumbricor, or dried and pounded earthworms. Spirits of Lumbricor was used as a treatment for wounds and ulcers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0474
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05623
- 1991.0664.0474.01
- 1991.0664.0474.02
- collector/donor number
- SAP 335
- Object Name
- bottle
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.5 cm x 5.5 cm; 4 1/2 in x 2 3/16 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_994212
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7737-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
