Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square glass bottle has had its neck broken off. A baked enamel cartouche decorates the clear glass with a white shield framed by blue stylized leaves and yellow ribbon, and capped by a crown. The bottle is marked ELIX. UTERIN. CR in black text. The bottle would have contained an elixir of uterinum, a compound of sabin, castor and myrrh 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
- 1991.0664.0181
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05329
- 1991.0664.0181
- collector/donor number
- SAP 38
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- colorless (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.5 cm x 5 cm x 5.1 cm; 4 1/8 in x 1 15/16 in x 2 in
- unspecified
- 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
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Women's Health
- Record ID
- nmah_994149
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-acc6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
