Apothecary Jar, SAL VOL:LUM BRIC
- Description
- The baked enamel label inside the round cartouche is marked SAL: VOL: LUM BRIC, which translates to Sal Volatile Lumbricrum or Volatile Salt of Earthworms. This blown and molded square-shaped bottle was made for the Moor Apthecary in Mainz, Germany in the Rhine River Valley. The round white painted wooden lid has a rounded finial. The first letter of each word is red and the remaining letters are painted black. The cartouche is embellished with stylized acanthus leaves painted yellow and white. There is a red crown at the top above a wheel and sword. According to George Urdang, author of The Squibb ancient Pharmacy Catalogue the initials "CR" within the blue medallion at the bottom of the jar stand for the shop’s owner Casper Ritter. The small black figure to the left of the medallion is a moor, the symbol of the Moor Apothecary. The Deutches-Apotheken Museum in Heidelberg, Germany has containers from the Moor Apothecary in Mainz.
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- Source
- National Museum of American History
- Keywords
- Medicine Pharmacy
- Notes
- Location: Currently not on view
- Identifier
- ID Number: 1991.0664.0223 accession number: 1991.0664 catalog number: M-05371 collector/donor number: SAP 80 catalog number: 1991.0664.0223.01 catalog number: 1991.0664.0223.02
- Dates
- date made: 18th century date made: about 1750
- Physical Description
- Physical Description: glass (overall material) Physical Description: paint (overall material) Physical Description: wood (overall material) Measurements: overall: 11 cm x 6 cm x 5.8 cm; 4 5/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 5/16 in Measurements: overall: 4 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 10.795 cm x 5.715 cm x 6.0325 cm
- Additional Info
- See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine See more items in: Art See more items in: European Apothecary Credit Line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Related Publication: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection Related Publication: Elisabeth Huwer. Das Deutsche Apotheken-Museum place made: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Mainz
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The baked enamel label inside the round cartouche is marked SAL: VOL: LUM BRIC, which translates to Sal Volatile Lumbricrum or Volatile Salt of Earthworms. This blown and molded square-shaped bottle was made for the Moor Apthecary in Mainz, Germany in the Rhine River Valley. The round white painted wooden lid has a rounded finial. The first letter of each word is red and the remaining letters are painted black. The cartouche is embellished with stylized acanthus leaves painted yellow and white. There is a red crown at the top above a wheel and sword. According to George Urdang, author of The Squibb ancient Pharmacy Catalogue the initials "CR" within the blue medallion at the bottom of the jar stand for the shop’s owner Casper Ritter. The small black figure to the left of the medallion is a moor, the symbol of the Moor Apothecary. The Deutches-Apotheken Museum in Heidelberg, Germany has containers from the Moor Apothecary in Mainz.
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National Museum of American History
Medicine
Pharmacy
Location: Currently not on view
ID Number: 1991.0664.0223
accession number: 1991.0664
catalog number: M-05371
collector/donor number: SAP 80
catalog number: 1991.0664.0223.01
catalog number: 1991.0664.0223.02
date made: 18th century
date made: about 1750
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
Physical Description: paint (overall material)
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 11 cm x 6 cm x 5.8 cm; 4 5/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 5/16 in
Measurements: overall: 4 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 10.795 cm x 5.715 cm x 6.0325 cm
See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine
See more items in: Art
See more items in: European Apothecary
Credit Line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Related Publication: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Related Publication: Elisabeth Huwer. Das Deutsche Apotheken-Museum
place made: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Mainz
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