Object Details
- Description
- This opaque white blown-glass jar has a short neck, flared lip, and applied stepped foot. The opaqueness of the glass comes from the addition of tin oxide in an attempt to mimic porcelain. A stylized blue wreath with red and yellow flowers is capped by a yellow crown. The wreath frames the label EL VISC H in black text. This jar would have contained Flowers of Viscus, also known as the flowers of mistletoe and was used to expel poisons.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0472
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05621
- collector/donor number
- SAP 333
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0472
- Object Name
- bottle
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.8 cm x 6 cm; 3 7/8 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
- Record ID
- nmah_994210
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7736-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
