Bottle: Brant's Indian Balsam
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 2 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine blown three-mold glass medicine bottle with down-tooled collar, scoop neck, octagonal body with "BRANDTS INDIAN BALSAM" inscribed lengthwise, push-up, and rough pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1681
Marks:
relief: on three contiguous vertical panels: "BRANDTS/ INDIAN/ BALSAM"
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
3365
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apothecary jar with lid
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/2 x 6 in. ( 34.3 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Whiteware apothecary jar; gilded decoration surrounding Latin name of contents "CONS:/AURANT"; domed lid with ball finial.
Object Number:
Z.3270
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
45885
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apothecary jar with lid
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. ( 29.2 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
Whiteware apothecary jar with lid; gilded gold around lid; fading/crackling decoration; domed lid with ball finial.
Object Number:
Z.3269
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
45884
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apothecary jars with lids
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
overall3: 12 in. ( 30.5 cm )
overall1: 9 x 4 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 11.4 cm )
overall2: 12 x
Description:
Three whiteware apothecary jars; gilded decoration surrounding Latin name of contents "FOL:/CON:MAC", "PIL:/RHEIC", "FOL:/DAT:STR"; domed lid with ball finial.
Object Number:
Z.3268abc
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
45883
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apothecary jars with lid
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 in. ( 9.5 cm )
overall3: 11 in. ( 27.9 cm )
overall1: 9 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 24.1 x 9.5 cm )
overall2: 9
Description:
Three opaque white glass jars; domed lid with ball finial.
Object Number:
Z.3267abc
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
45882
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 16.5 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Glass bottle with green tint, blown in a two-part mold, with down-tooled lip, roughly cylindrical neck, rounded shoulder, rectangular body with flat chamfers and recessed panel, inscription on front of bottle "BARRY'S TRICOPHEROUS FOR THE SKIN AND HAIR" and on obverse "DIRECTIONS IN THE PAMPHLET"; diagonal mold line and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1693
Marks:
pressed: on front of bottle: "TRICOPHEROUS/FOR THE SKIN/AND HAIR"
pressed: on obverse: "DIRECTIONS/IN/PAMPHLET"
pressed: on side: "BARRY'S"
pressed: on other side: "NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
Counted among the assorted hair tonics shipped aboard the SS Republic from New York to New Orleans were eighty-three bottles of Barry’s "Tricopherous for The Skin and Hair." The self-declared “Professor,” Alexander C. Barry, was a New York wigmaker. Barry claimed that his father established the formula for the popular hair product in 1801. The tonic was first sold in the United States around 1842.
Advertisements for Barry’s hair preparation included popular trade cards, typically featuring a beautiful woman with luxurious, long-flowing hair. The ads claimed the product was “guaranteed to restore the hair to bald heads and to make it grow thick, long and soft.”
Barry’s tonic was an alcohol-based formula combined with castor oil and other fragrant oils. The product’s most active ingredient was its one-percent tincture of cantharides. Cantharides came from the dried, crushed bodies of the blister beetle or Spanish fly. The theory was that this substance would stimulate blood supply to the scalp, which in turn would promote hair-follicle growth. Cantharidin is today recognized as a toxic substance that can cause severe gastrointestinal disturbances if ingested, sometimes leading to convulsions, coma, and possible death.
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
45178
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottles (3)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 8 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
Three opaque white glass bottles blown in a two-part mold with a base plate; tall neck with flanged lip, sloping shoulders, and cylindrical body with black band at rim and painted inscription.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1659a-c
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
44886
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Rheumatic Syrup 1882
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1885-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 24.8 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Amber glass medicine bottle blown in a three-part mold with down-tooled collar, rounded shoulder, square body with recessed panels, inscription "RHEUMATIC TRADE MARK SYRUP 1882" and embossed tree on obverse, inscription R. S. Co ROCHESTER.N.Y. on reverse, and base with circular depression.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1669
Marks:
in relief: on obverse: "RHEUMATIC / TRADE MARK / SYRUP / 1882"
in relief: on reverse: "R. S. Co / ROCHESTER.N.Y."
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
44849
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 15.9 x 7.9 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Light blue glass medicine bottle blown in a two-part mold, with tooled lip, cylindrical neck, sloped down shoulder, ovoid body with lengthwise inscription "DR. S. S. FITCH 101 B.WAY, N.Y."; pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1689
Marks:
pressed: on bottle: "DR. S. S. FITCH/707 B.WAY, N.Y."
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
44404
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bandage roller
Classification:
Date:
1861-1865
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 14 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 36.8 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Dark wood frame with two wooden horizontal rods and carved four-inch measure on one side; two horizontal wooden rods piercing through the frame; metal pole with handle and metal clamp.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Winslow T. Williams
Object Number:
1928.81
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, the bandage roller was made by Dr. G. E. Post and used during the Civil War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
39528
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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