OXIMEL
Object Details
- Description
- This syrup jar has a straight spout and an applied slab handle. In a monochrome palette of blue on blue it is decorated with flora and fauna motifs. The interior of the escrol is marked OXIMEL, a preparation used as cough medicine. The active drug was mixed with vinegar and honey. The recipe varies according to the active ingredients introduced into the mixture.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0636
- catalog number
- M-05848
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.063
- M-05848 ?
- Object Name
- jar
- syrup jar
- Object Type
- medicine
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20.3 cm x 15 cm x 19 cm; 8 in x 5 29/32 in x 7 15/32 in
- overall: 7 7/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 5 3/8 in; 20.0025 cm x 19.05 cm x 13.6525 cm
- place made
- Italy
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993525
