Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped glass jar has a narrow neck and a flared lip. The baked white enamel label is framed in blue and red, which and is surrounded by a gold and brown escutcheon with a crown sitting at the top. The label is marked MERCUR VIRID in black text with the first initial of each word in red. This bottle would have held Mercurius Viridis or Green Mercury.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0457
- catalog number
- M-05606
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 318
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0457
- Object Name
- jar
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 cm x 8.5 cm x 8.2 cm; 4 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 3 1/4 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_993951
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-c99f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
