Object Details
- Description
- This square shaped-blown and molded glass bottle is marked in SPIR NASTURT. The European Apothecary Collection contains dozens of drug jars with this same embellishment. The generic blue and yellow decoration with its stylized crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken Museum in Heidelberg, Germany. The leaves and seeds of the watercress are used in this preparation. The bottle is illustrated on page 24 of the Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0232
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05380
- 1991.0664.0232.02
- collector/donor number
- SAP 89
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0232.01
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- colorless (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 16.3 cm x 7.1 cm x 7.2 cm; 6 7/16 in x 2 13/16 in x 2 13/16 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Margaret B. Freeman. Herbs for the Mediaeval Household
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994191
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-b52a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
