ELIX PPT
ELIX PPT
- Description
- This blown and molded square–shaped bottle has a baked enamel white oval cartouche which is outlined with blue vines, red and yellow flowers and a three pointed crown. The cartouche is marked ELIX PPT. The Roman numeral "VIII" is etched into the jar’s shoulder. ELIX PPT likely stood for Elixir Proprietatis, or Paracelsus’ Elixir. This elixir was composed of saffron, aloe, and myrrh, and was used as a stimulant, stomachic, and cathartic. Paracelsus touted it as a concoction to continue health and long life.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 17th-18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13.7 cm x 5 cm x 4.7 cm; 5 13/32 in x 1 31/32 in x 1 27/32 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0385
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05534
- collector/donor number
- SAP 264
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0385.01
- 1991.0664.0385.02
- 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
