Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square–shaped glass bottle is marked ESS VALERIAN in black text, with the first initial of each word in red. The jar would have contained Essence of Valerian—the oil of valerian root or valerian salt in an alcoholic solution. The solution was used as a tonic or weak sedative.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th-18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0317
- catalog number
- M-05466
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 175
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0317
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 cm x 7.3 cm x 7.3 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 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_993845
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-99c6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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