Object Details
- Description
- Round pewter container with lid. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue lists this box as a contained for “Richter’s pills.” Richter’s pills were nostrums, or pills that had no discernible physiological effect. An inscription around the coat of arms reads: Christian Sigm. Christoph Fridrich Richter.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0983
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-06379
- collector/donor number
- SAP 1071
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0983
- Object Name
- box
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.3 cm x 3.7 cm; 1/2 in x 1 15/32 in
- overall: 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 3.81 cm
- 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_994419
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7bf5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
