Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This blown and molded square shaped glass bottle has a skinny neck and flared lip. The bottle has a baked white enamel label framed in blue and red, and is surrounded by a gold and brown escutcheon with a crown sitting at the top. The label reads “ESS VINCKTOX” in black text, with the first initial of each word in red. This bottle would have contained Essence of Vincetoxicum. Vincetoxicum officinal, or root of swallow wort, was the main ingredient in this essence, and was prescribed as a diuretic, emmenagogue, or diaphoretic.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.1049
- catalog number
- M-05404
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 113
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.1049
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13.5 cm x 7 cm x 7.3 cm; 5 5/16 in x 2 3/4 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
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994512
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-6107-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
