Prescription Label, Apotheke in Graefrath
- 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
- place made
- Germany
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14.7 cm x 5.2 cm; 5 13/16 in x 2 1/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.1100
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.1100
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Religion
- Art
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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