Object Details
- Description
- This square-shaped clear glass bottle has an applied neck and a flat circular collar. The bottle is decorated with a baked white enamel cartouche that is framed by yellow stylized leaves and capped with a crown. It is marked in black TR RI. The baked enamel label also bears the alchemical symbol for Tartarus (tartar). The number "11" has been etched into the shoulder. According to George Urdang, author of The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue this bottle was manufactured in the last third of the 18th century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0193
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05341
- collector/donor number
- SAP 50
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0193
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- colorless (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 14.5 cm x 6.5 cm x 6.2 cm; 5 11/16 in x 2 9/16 in x 2 7/16 in
- unspecified
- Germany
- 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
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994160
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-810a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
