ESS VALERIAN
ESS VALERIAN
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- Description
- This blown and molded square–shaped glass bottle is marked ESS VALERIAN in black text, with the first initial of each word in red. The jar would have contained Essence of Valerian—the oil of valerian root or valerian salt in an alcoholic solution. The solution was used as a tonic or weak sedative.
- 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: 13 cm x 7.3 cm x 7.3 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0317
- catalog number
- M-05466
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 175
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0317
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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