Object Details
- Description
- A painted floral garland with a red bow on top and a blue bow at the bottom decorates this white apothecary bottle. The inside of the garland is marked, “ELIX/IUNIPER.” This jar would have contained an Elixir of Juniper, made from juniper berries. The elixir was used as a carminative, tonic, and diuretic.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th-19th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0865
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05635
- collector/donor number
- SAP 347
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0865
- Object Name
- bottle
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19.3 cm x 11 cm; 7 19/32 in x 4 11/32 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_994222
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8808-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
