Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped glass jar has a narrow neck and flared lip. It has a baked white enamel label framed in blue and red surrounded by a gold and brown escutcheon with a crown at the top. The label is marked TERR VITRIOL DULC in black text, with the first initial of each word painted red. The bottle would have held Terra Vitrioli Dulcis an iron sulfate solution which was generally used as an astringent.
- 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)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.7 cm x 8.3 cm x 8.5 cm; 4 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 3 3/8 in
- Object Name
- jar
