Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has an applied neck and a flared collar. The clear glass container is decorated with a white baked enamel cartouche on a blue background. It is framed by a yellow C scroll design and capped by a crown. Urdang attributes this bottle to the Court Pharmacy of Pillnitz. It is marked, ESS SUCCIN in red initials. This bottle would have contained the essence of succinum, or essence of amber, and was used as a cathartic, diuretic, and antihysteric.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0186
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05334
- 1991.0664.0186
- collector/donor number
- SAP 43
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- colorless (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- rococo (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 cm x 5.8 cm x 6 cm; 4 5/16 in x 2 5/16 in x 2 3/8 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
- Record ID
- nmah_994153
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a707-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
