Object Details
- Description
- This 30 ml glass bottle contains synthetic Cochineal Red.
- The "Wm. Pickhardt & Kuttroff, New York" inscription refers to a dyestuff firm that was established in 1861, and that became the Continental Color and Chemical Co. in 1906.
- This sample was probably part of the Loeb Collection of Chemical Types, a collection that was formed under the bequest of Morris Loeb (1863-1912), a Jewish-American chemist and philanthropist, and sent to the Smithsonian in 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1980.0597.12
- catalog number
- 1980.0597.12
- accession number
- 1980.0597
- Object Name
- Synthetic Alizarine Powder
- Synthetic Alizarin
- Physical Description
- glass (container material)
- cochineal red r.r. (contents material)
- Measurements
- overall: 84 mm x 37 mm; 3 5/16 in x 1 7/16 in
- without stopper: 70 mm; 2 3/4 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_131
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e826-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
