Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded bottle has a Baroque-style blue and yellow cartouche with red and black lettering. The baked enamel label reads ESS CARMIN W ACID. Essence of Carminic Acid was used to relieve flatulence.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0262
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05411
- collector/donor number
- SAP 262
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0262
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13.2 cm x 6.3 cm x 6.8 cm; 5 3/16 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 11/16 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_993876
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-77be-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
