Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square glass bottle has a narrow neck and a flared lip. The baked white enamel label is flanked by blue flowers and ribbons. The label reads TINCT CASCARIL in black. The bottle would have contained a Tincture of Cascarilla, a plant native to the Caribbean. It's bark was used in a variety of solutions to help cure stomach ailments.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0423
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05572
- collector/donor number
- SAP 284
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0423
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14.6 cm x 7.1 cm x 7.2 cm; 5 3/4 in x 2 13/16 in x 2 13/16 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_993778
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a7c1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
