SAL, EPSOMEN
- Description
- This widemouthed blown glass drug jar has a flared lip and an applied foot. The baked enamel label is a white shield surrounded by a blue wreath. Atop the shield is a red, yellow, and white crown capped with a blue orb. The jar is marked "SAL, EPSOMEN." This jar would have contained epsom salt, used as a cathartic, diuretic, and diaphoretic.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- paint (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- rococo (overall style)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 cm x 6.6 cm; 3 9/16 in x 2 5/8 in
- unspecified
- Germany
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0166
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05314
- collector/donor number
- SAP 23
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0166
- subject
- Art
- Pharmacy
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Credit Line
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
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