Pewter Box
Pewter Box
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- Description
- This is a round pewter container with a lid. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue lists this box as a contained for “Richter’s pills.” Richter’s pills were nostrums, or pills that had no discernible physiological effect. An inscription around the coat of arms reads: Christian Sigm. Christoph Fridrich Richter.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- box
- box
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.3 cm x 3.7 cm; 1/2 in x 1 15/32 in
- overall: 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0983
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-06379
- collector/donor number
- SAP 1071
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0983
- 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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