Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square glass jar has a narrow neck, a flared lip, and a circular glass stopper. The number "13" has been etched into the stopper. The baked white enamel label is flanked by blue flowers on the sides and top, and a blue ribbon sits on top of the label. The label readsBUTYR ANTIMON in black text. This jar would have contained butter of antimony (antimony trichloride), which was used as a caustic. Antimony tricholoride is toxic and is used today as a flame retardant.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0420
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05569
- collector/donor number
- SAP 281
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0420.01
- 1991.0664.0420.02
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14.4 cm x 7 cm x 6.9 cm; 5 11/16 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 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_993821
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a874-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
