Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has a baked enamel label marked SPIR THERIAC CAMPH. Theriac, an opium compound preparation, was thought to be a panacea for a variety of diseases and an antidote for poison.
- The European Apothecary Collection contains dozens of drug jars with this same embellishment. The generic blue and yellow decoration with its stylized crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken Museum in Heidelberg, Germany.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0245
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05393
- collector/donor number
- SAP 102
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0245
- Object Name
- bottle
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 cm x 6.7 cm x 6.9 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 11/16 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Estes, J. Worth. Dictionary of Protopharmacology: Therapeutic Practices, 1700-1850
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993895
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-77c7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
