Bottle
Bottle
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- Description (Brief)
- This blown and molded square bottle has a Baroque-style blue, yellow and white label cartouche which has been left blank. The apothecary could use this bottle for a variety of solutions changing the label as appropriate.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8.7 cm x 4.7 cm x 4.7 cm; 3 7/16 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0327
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 185
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0327
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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