This dark green blown glass jar has a wide mouth to accommodate dried plant material. The label is applied with the cold paint method. Unlike the enamel labels, there is no baking involved. Therefore it is not unusual to find the label has been badly scratched and suffered severe paint loss.
The decoration appears as an upside–down heart outlined in red with a stylized flower at the top. The label is marked in red and black, "VISC QUERC" and the alchemical symbol for powder above the label. Viscum Quercinum is Latin for oak mistletoe. This jar would have contained powdered oak mistletoe, used as an antispasmodic, tonic, and narcotic.
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