ELEC MITHRIDAT. ANDROMACH
ELEC MITHRIDAT. ANDROMACH
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- Description
- The label of this urn–shaped blown glass has been applied with the cold paint technique in the rococo style. The white escutcheon is outlined in gold and framed with vines of red and blue flowers, and is marked ELEC.MITHRIDAT.ANDROMACH.
- Jars 1991.0664.405 through 1991.0664.0408 contained electuaries, blends of various herbs, water, honey and sugar that form a paste. Named after Mithradates, King of Pontus, this medicine was touted as an antidote for poisoning. Andromachus, Nero’s physician, refined the Mithridatum remedy into this concoction. Minthradatum Andromachus would have contained over 50 ingredients, but its active ingredient was opium.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13.5 cm x 10.3 cm; 5 5/16 in x 4 1/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0407
- catalog number
- M-05556
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 268
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0407
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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