Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has a baked enamel label marked SPIR THERIAC CAMPH. Theriac, an opium compound preparation, was thought to be a panacea for a variety of diseases and an antidote for poison.
- The European Apothecary Collection contains dozens of drug jars with this same embellishment. The generic blue and yellow decoration with its stylized crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken Museum in Heidelberg, Germany.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 18th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 cm x 6.7 cm x 6.9 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 11/16 in
- Object Name
- bottle
