TRAC AROMAT

Description:

This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has a narrow neck with a round stopper. The baked white enamel shield is framed by stylized blue leaves and capped by a yellow crown. The label is marked in black TRAC AROMAT. Aromata is Latin for spices, and this apothecary jar would have held some sort of solution mixed with spices. Aromatic spices such as myrrh, cloves and various flowers were used to make the air clean and healthful. Reference: Paul Freedman, Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 81.

Date Made: 18th century

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Pharmacy

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Related Publication: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection

Credit Line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1991.0664.0355Accession Number: 1991.0664Collector/Donor Number: SAP 216Catalog Number: 1991.0664.0355.011991.0664.0355.02M-05504

Object Name: bottleOther Terms: bottle; Pharmaceutical Container

Physical Description: glass (overall material)paint (overall material)Measurements: overall: 13.3 cm x 5 cm x 5.1 cm; 5 1/4 in x 1 31/32 in x 2 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-3872-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_993917

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