ESS CROCI
ESS CROCI
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- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped glass bottle has a narrow neck and a flared lip. It has a baked white enamel label framed in blue and red, and is surrounded by a gold and brown escutcheon. The label is marked ESS CROCI in black. The first initial of each word is painted red. The bottle would have contained the essence of crocus, obtained by steeping crocus sativus flowers in an alcohol solution. The essence of crocus was used as an aromatic, cordial, narcotic, antihysteric, and emmenagogue.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bottle
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.7 cm x 6 cm x 6 cm; 4 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0454
- catalog number
- M-05603
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 315
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0454
- 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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