Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- The Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection has over two hundred early prescription labels from dozens of apothecaries across Germany and Austria. Early labels were plain and without adornment. Later embellishments included decorative borders, images of animals such as stags, lions, or elephants associated with the name of the apothecary.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 19th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.1123
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.1123
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- Object Name
- prescription label
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16.4 cm x 4.6 cm; 6 7/16 in x 1 13/16 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Religion
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_1383812
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-1871-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
