Object Details
- Description
- This square–shaped blown and molded glass bottle has a narrow neck and rounded shoulders. The white oval baked enamel label is marked, TINCT MELAMPOD". The jar would have contained a Tincture of Melampodium. Tinctures were steeped for weeks with a mixture of herbs and alcohol. Melampodium was a flowering plant that was used as a cathartic to aid digestion and as an emmenagogue to encourage menstrual flow. This bottle is illustrated on page 30 of the Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0435
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05584
- collector/donor number
- SAP 296
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0435
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13.1 cm x 6.6 cm x 6.4 cm; 5 5/32 in x 2 19/32 in x 2 17/32 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_993780
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-c78b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
