Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This blown-glass drug container has a flared lip and an applied foot. It is decorated with a blank white shield framed in blue and yellow with baroque-style scrolls and leaves. A blank shield allowed the apothecary to change the contents of the container and then mark the name of the new medicine on the blank label.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 18th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.9 cm x 7 cm; 4 5/16 in x 2 3/4 in
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- Bottle; jar; Pharmaceutical Container
