Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square–shaped glass bottle has a narrow neck and rounded shoulders. Its white baked enamel label is framed by a baroque–style blue and yellow cartouche. The label reads SPEC DIACUMIN in black text, with the first initial of each word in red. This jar would have contained species diacumin, or a powder made from cumin. The powder was used as an antihysteric and as a stomachic powder to improve appetite and digestion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th-18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0335
- catalog number
- M-05484
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0335
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.5 cm x 7 cm x 7.1 cm; 4 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 25/32 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_993928
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9d0a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
