Object Details
- Description
- This square-shaped blown and molded apothecary jar with a baked enamel label is marked OL PHILOSOPH or Philosopher’s Oil, a mixtured of oil and brick. The European Apothecary Collection contains dozens of drug jars with this same embellishment. The generic blue and yellow decoration with its stylized crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken Museum in Heidelberg, Germany.
- 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: 16 cm x 7.5 cm x 7.6 cm; 6 5/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 3 in
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
