Prescription Label, Zur Hirsch - Apotheke bei C. Schlienkamp
- 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
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 cm x 5.7 cm; 7 1/16 in x 2 1/4 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.1219
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.1219
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Religion
- Art
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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