Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square glass bottle has a narrow neck with a flared lip. The baked enamel white round label is surrounded by a blue border with a yellow crown at its top. The label has the alchemical symbol for Spirits with the word LUMBI underneath in black text. Lumbi is Latin for the loins. This solution might have been used as a restorativre tonic.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0430
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05579
- collector/donor number
- SAP 291
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0430
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17.6 cm x 7.1 cm x 7.3 cm; 6 15/16 in x 2 13/16 in x 2 7/8 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_993776
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a6ef-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
