Set of medicine vials (9, in holder)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, leather, cork, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 1 in. ( 12.1 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Set of nine aquamarine blown glass medicine vials of varying size, eight with cork stoppers; in belt-like leather holder; some with paper labels, filled with powders and with various residues.
Object Number:
Z.533
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25605
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apothecary bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass, gilding, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 25.1 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass apothecary bottle with narrow flanged lip, cylindrical neck, rounded shoulder, cylindrical body with attached glass label with gilding and painted inscription, and pontil mark; pressed glass mushroom stopper.
Object Number:
Z.603
Marks:
painted: on glass label: "P. CANTH."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25601
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Apothecary bottle with cap
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass, leaves, metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 5 in. ( 25.4 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass apothecary bottle containing buchu leaves; staight finish, short cylindrical neck, narrow horizontal shoulder, cylindrical body with paper label attached, push-up, and pontil mark; metal cap.
Object Number:
Z.494
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to obverse: "E. S. LEADBEATER & SONS. / Druggists, / FAIRFAX STREET, ALEXANDRIA, VA. / ESTABLISHED 1792."
handwritten in pencil: on paper label: "BUCHU / LEAVES"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25595
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apothecary bottle with cap
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 5 in. ( 25.4 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass apothecary bottle with straight finish, short cylindrical neck, narrow sloped shoulder, cylindrical body, push-up, and pontil mark; metal cap.
Object Number:
Z.489
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25594
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Set of medicine vials (7, in holder)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, leather, cork, metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 8 x 1 in. ( 12.7 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Set of seven pale aquamarine blown glass medicine vials of varying size, three with cork stoppers and one with metal cap; in belt-like leather holder, with scrap of paper attached to one end.
Object Number:
Z.532
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25565
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Set of medicine vials (5, in holder)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, leather, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 13.3 x 14 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Set of five pale aquamarine blown glass medicine vials of varying size, three with cork stoppers; in belt-like leather holder.
Object Number:
Z.500
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25564
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine bottle
Classification:
Date:
1869
Medium:
Glass, paper, wax
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 11.7 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Glass medicine bottle (probably blown in a three-part mold) entirely swathed in paper wrapping, with red sealing wax at mouth of bottle; on wrapping, illustration of woman holding child, in oval frame, next to inscription beginning "DR. PEDRO'S SOOTHERINE OR SARSPARILLA SYRUP FOR CHILDREN."; stamp near top of bottle.
Object Number:
Z.612
Marks:
printed: on paper wrapping: "PRICE 25 Cts./DR./PEDRO'S/SOOTHERINE/OR/SASPARILLA SYRUP/FOR CHILDREN./A SOVEREIGN REMEDY FOR/Wind Colic, Griping in the Bowels, Dysentery, &c./WHEN TEETHING,/It soothes and softens the gums, and allays all inflammation./NONE,
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1869
eMuseum Object ID:
25563
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Apothecary bottle with cap
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass, organic material, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass apothecary bottle containing brown organic material; wide mouth with straight finish, narrow horizontal shoulder, cylindrical body with fragment of paper label attached, high conical push-up, and pontil mark; metal cap.
Object Number:
Z.495
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to body: "S. A. BROWN PHARMA . . . / THOS. H. TUCKER, PROP. / WHOLESALE AND RETAIL / 28 & 30 Fulton St, Cor. Water, New York"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25561
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 18.4 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Green blown nonlead glass medicine bottle with flanged lip, tapered neck, rounded shoulder, cylindrical body, and kickup; several paper labels pasted on body, mostly illegible, with one label printed in black with inscription "FROM E. S. LEADBEATER & BRO."
Object Number:
Z.486
Marks:
printed: on label affixed to bottle: "FROM/E. S. LEADBEATER & BRO."
written: in ink on label affixed to bottle: illegible
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25560
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stand or frame
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Stoneware, metal (probably brass)
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 8 x 4 in. ( 37.8 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Metal (probably brass) stand or frame extending from white stoneware base with two circular indentations for containers on either side of stand; frame has metal hook extending from central support, and top extension in the form of an abstracted acrobat holding a ring; possibly used to hold test tubes or other containers associated with chemistry.
Object Number:
Z.666
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25559
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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