Object Details
- Description
- This blown glass drug container has a round, flat-shaped stopper and an applied foot. A blue, red and yellow floral wreath is connected at the top with a pink ribbon and at the bottom with a blue ribbon. The Roman numeral XI is etched into the glass just above the shoulder. The opaque white color of the glass comes from the addition of tin oxide and was meant to imitate porcelain. The inside of the wreath is marked, ELIX: PECTOR:. It wasa liquid remedy for ailments of the chest and lungs.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0480
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05629
- 1991.0664.0480.01
- 1991.0664.0480.02
- collector/donor number
- SAP 341
- Object Name
- bottle
- jar
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 1/2 in x 4 3/8 in; 21.59 cm x 11.1125 cm
- 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
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994300
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8ba1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
