Object Details
- Description
- This is a free-blown green glass container with a long neck, a round squat body and an applied curved spout. Florentine bottles were used for the distillation of flower oils. According to Robert J. Forbes in his book, The Short History of the Art of Distillation, page 260, the term Florentine Bottle goes back no further than the mid-19th century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th-18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0928
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-06324
- 1991.0664.0928
- Object Name
- bottle
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12.8 cm x 11 cm x 8.5 cm; 5 1/32 in x 4 11/32 in x 3 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
- Chemistry
- Record ID
- nmah_994366
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-1041-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
