Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has a narrow neck for pouring liquids. The oval shaped white enamel shield is framed with red and yellow "c" scrolls. Atop the shield is a yellow sun, with its eyes, brows, nose, and mouth in black. Orange and yellow rays flare out from the sun’s surface. The mark in the center of the shield is BUTYR ANTIM which is also known as Butyrum Antimonii or Butter of Antimony.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0229
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05377
- collector/donor number
- SAP 86
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0229
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 cm x 6.1 cm x 6.3 cm; 4 5/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 1/2 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
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994188
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a69c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
