Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped glass bottle has a narrow neck and flared lip. It has a baked white enamel label surrounded by a gold and brown escutcheon with a crown at the top. The label is marked ELIX UTERIN CR in black, with the first initial of each word in red. The bottle would have contained an elixir of uterinum, a compound of sabin, leaves from the Juniper bush grown in Europe, castor, and myrrh which was used to stimulate menses.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0453
- catalog number
- M-05602
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 314
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0453
- Object Name
- bottle
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.2 cm x 6 cm x 6 cm; 4 7/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 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
- Women's Health
- Record ID
- nmah_993903
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-c796-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
