Apothecary Bottle, SP COCHLEAR
Apothecary Bottle, SP COCHLEAR
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- Description
- This square blown and molded glass bottle has a narrow neck and flat collar. The container is decorated with a baked enamel cartouche which is framed by stylized blue leaves and yellow and red flowers. It is marked in black SP COCHLEAR.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- date made
- 17th-18th century
- unspecified
- Germany
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- colorless (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- hand blown (overall production method/technique)
- rococo (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 15.4 cm x 7.3 cm x 7.2 cm; 6 1/16 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 13/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0202
- catalog number
- M-05350
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 59
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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