CREM
CREM
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped jar has a wide neck and flared lip. The white baked enamel shield is framed by stylized blue leaves with yellow and red flowers. Above the shield is a yellow crown. The bottle’s label bears the alchemical symbol for Powder, the word CREM, and the alchemical symbol for Tartar. This jar would have held powdered cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate) and is a byproduct of the winemaking process, crystallizing from the must (juice, skin, and pulp of grapes) in the fermenting barrel. Tartar was used as a diuretic and as a cathartic.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bottle
- date made
- 17th-18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12.1 cm x 6.4 cm x 6.3 cm; 4 3/4 in x 2 17/32 in x 2 15/32 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0372
- catalog number
- M-05521
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 233
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0372
- 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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