Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has a narrow neck and a flared lip. The baked white enamel shield is framed by stylized blue leaves with red and yellow flowers. A yellow crown sits atop the shield. The alchemical symbols for spirits, salt, and herbs are marked in black just above ANIS. ANIS would have referred to the plant anise hyssop (herb), steeped in an alcohol solution (spirit), with the ash of plant (salt) mixed into the solution.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0353
- catalog number
- M-05503
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 214
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0353
- Object Name
- bottle
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12.1 cm x 5.1 cm x 4.8 cm; 4 3/4 in x 2 in x 1 7/8 in
- 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
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993918
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-ae18-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
