VERBASC
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped drug bottle has a flared lip and rounded shoulders. The baked enamel label is framed by a yellow baroque-style cartouche. The white interior is marked with an upside- down triangle, the alchemical symbol for water, and, VERBASC Verbascum is a flowering plant native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. The leaf was used to make tea to ease coughs and bronchial ailments. Oil from the plant was used to make a topical application for skin irritations.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bottle
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19.5 cm x 9.6 cm x 9.6 cm; 7 11/16 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0351
- catalog number
- M-05500
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 212
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0351
- subject
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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