Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has a wide neck and flared lip. The white baked enamel shield is framed by stylized blue leaves with yellow and red flowers. Above the shield is a yellow crown. The label has the alchemical symbol for powder at the top, with a symbol similar to the number 9 followed by the text TRA ACRED.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th-18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0369
- catalog number
- M-05518
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 230
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0369
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.6 cm x 5.5 cm x 5.5 cm; 4 9/16 in x 2 5/32 in x 2 5/32 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_993944
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7cce-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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