Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded bottle is marked ESS CHAMEDR, and would have contained the Essence of Chamaedrys, or the essence of germander. Essence of germander was made from the Teucrium chamaedrys plant and would have been used to alleviate a variety of gastric issues. The generic blue and yellow Baroque decoration with its stylized crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken-Museum in Heidelberg.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0316
- catalog number
- M-05465
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 174
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0316
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 cm x 6.8 cm x 6.9 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 11/16 in x 2 11/16 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
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993844
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-75ac-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
