VITAE
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has a narrow neck and a flared lip. The baked white enamel shield is framed by stylized blue leaves with red and yellow flowers. A yellow crown sits atop the shield. The alchemical symbol for spirits is just above the word VITAE in black. Spirits of life could have referred to mercury, or to a variety of distilled spirits, including alcohol. The jar is illustrated on page 24 in the Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.8 cm x 5 cm x 4.8 cm; 4 5/8 in x 1 15/16 in x 1 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0354
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05504
- collector/donor number
- SAP 215
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0354
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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