Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square glass bottle has a narrow neck with a flared lip that has broken off. The baked enamel label is surrounded by a blue border with a yellow crown. The label is marked with the Roman numerals XX at the top of the oval followed by the alchemical symbol for salt. The text AQUA meaning water is at the bottom. This bottle may have contained a saline solution.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0432
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05581
- collector/donor number
- SAP 293
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0432
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 cm x 9.3 cm x 9.3 cm; 6 5/16 in x 3 11/16 in x 3 11/16 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_993775
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-68fa-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
