SPIR SAPON
SPIR SAPON
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- Description
- This blown and molded bottle has a baked enamel label framed by a Baroque-style blue and yellow cartouche. The label is marked SPIR SAPON also known as Spiritus Saponatus, or Spirit of Soap. Spirit of Soap was used as a salve for a variety of skin conditions. It was prepared by making soap from olive oil and potassium, then steeping it in alcohol and water.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12.2 cm x 7.5 cm x 6.8 cm; 4 13/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 11/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0266
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05415
- collector/donor number
- SAP 124
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0266
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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