VITR ANTIMON
VITR ANTIMON
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- Description
- This blown and molded square jar has a flared lip. The white oval baked enamel shield is framed by a chain of blue leaves interspersed with four yellow flowers. The container is marked VITR ANTIMON. Antimony Vitrum, or glass of antimony, is very strong emectic on its own and is also used in the preparation of other alchemical compounds.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.7 cm x 5.3 cm x 5.3 cm; 3 13/16 in x 2 1/16 in x 2 1/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0219
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05367
- collector/donor number
- SAP 76
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0219
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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