ANIS
ANIS
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- Description
- This blown and molded square–shaped bottle has a white baked enamel oval cartouche that is outlined with blue vines, red and yellow flowers and a three-pointed crown. The cartouche is marked ANIS beneath the alchemical symbols for spirits, salt, and herb. The jar would have contained a concoction using the anise plant, which was noted for its use as a tonic, or a pectoral (for chest and lung relief), or to relieve flatulence.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- date made
- 17th-18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16.7 cm x 6.7 cm x 7.1 cm; 6 9/16 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 25/32 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0384
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05533
- collector/donor number
- SAP 245
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0384.01
- 1991.0664.0384.02
- 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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