Object Details
- Description
- This square-shaped glass bottle has a flat circular collar. The container is decorated with a baked white enamel cartouche that is framed by yellow stylized leaves and capped with a crown. The label is marked in black AQ CHEREFoL. According to George Urdang, author of The Squibb Ancience Pharmacy Catalogue this bottle was manufactured in the last third of the 18th century.
- 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)
- "colorless" (overall color)
- hand blown (overall production method/technique)
- white (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 19.3 cm x 8.7 cm x 8.7 cm; 7 5/8 in x 3 7/16 in x 3 7/16 in
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
