BALS IRIS ANIS
BALS IRIS ANIS
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- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has an applied neck and a flared collar. The clear glass is decorated with a baked enamel cartouche with a white shield on a blue background. The shield is framed by a yellow C scroll design and capped by a crown. George Urdang author of The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue attributes this bottle to the Court Pharmacy of Pillnitz which today is a city quarter in eastern Dresden, Germany. The bottle is marked BALS IRIS ANIS with red initial letters and the alchemical symbol for sulphur.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- date made
- 18th century
- unspecified
- Germany
- Physical Description
- blue (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- rococo (overall style)
- glass (overall material)
- paint, enamel (overall material)
- colorless (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.6 cm x 5.8 cm x 5.8 cm; 4 9/16 in x 2 5/16 in x 2 5/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0188
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05336
- 1991.0664.188
- collector/donor number
- SAP 45
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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