Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped glass bottle is marked COCHLEAR. Cochlearia also known as Scurvy-grass was used by sailors to prevent scurvy, a disease which results from a lack of vitamin C. Scurvy can cause anemia and bleeding gums.
- The bottle has a round glass stopper. The baked white enamel label is an oval shield framed with stylized yellow leaves and yellow crown. The label is marked in black with the alchemical symbol for spirits. The bottle has been etched with an unknown alchemical symbol just above the crown on the right side, and the Roman numeral XI has been etched into the glass stopper.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th-18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0195
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05343
- collector/donor number
- SAP 52
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0195.01
- 1991.0664.0195.02
- Object Name
- bottle
- jar
- Other Terms
- bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14.4 cm x 5.5 cm x 5.6 cm; 5 11/16 in x 2 3/16 in x 2 3/16 in
- overall: 5 3/4 in x 2 in x 2 1/8 in; 14.605 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.3975 cm
- place made
- Germany
- 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
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994162
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9b66-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
