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SPIR NASTURT
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This square shaped-blown and molded glass bottle is marked in <i>SPIR NASTURT</i>. 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. The leaves and seeds of the watercress are used in this preparation. The bottle is illustrated on page 24 of the <i>Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i>.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineSPIR NASTURT. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
