Apothecary bottle with cap
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass, metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 20.3 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass apothecary bottle with wide mouth with straight finish, narrow scoop shoulder, cylindrical body with paper label attached, push-up, and pontil mark; metal cap.
Object Number:
Z.650
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper label affixed to obverse: "Sun Cars. . . [?]"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
25558
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Medicine bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass, paper, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. ( 16.5 x 7 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass medicine bottle blown in a two-part mold; flanged lip, cylindrical neck, rounded shoulder, flattened ovoid body with paper label attached to obverse and "WARD'S RHEUMATIC EMBROCATION NEW YORK" in relief on reverse, flat base with mold seam, and pontil mark; cork stopper.
Object Number:
Z.518
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to obverse: "WARD'S/ RHEUMATIC EMBROCATION/ FOR/ Rheumatism, Gout, Neuralgia, and/ Chronic Inflamation/ . . ./ Orders received at 60 STONE ST. or Post Office Box [?]169, N.Y./ PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE."
in relief: on rever
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
25552
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Apothecary bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 3 in. ( 16.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Pale blue blown glass apothecary bottle with flanged lip, cylindrical neck, narrow horizontal shoulder, cylindrical body with paper label, and flat base; cork stopper.
Object Number:
Z.609
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to body: "Potassium Citrate / U.S.P. / Eimer & Amend, New York."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25551
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Medicine bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 12.1 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine glass medicine bottle blown in a two-part mold; flanged lip, cylindrical neck, slightly rounded shoulder, panelled cylindrical body with paper label attached, and mold seam and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.553
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to body: "Mrs. M. Brown's/ PAIN KILLER/ . . . /Prepared only by Mrs. B./ Proprietor Dr. L. S. Comstock/ OF THE FIRM OF/ COMSTOCK & Co./ No. 21 Cortlandt St./ NEW YORK/ Directions for Use . . ."
typed collector's label: affixe
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:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25544
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Apothecary bottle with cap
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass, plant material, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 26.4 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass apothecary bottle containing dried plant material; wide mouth with straight finish, narrow sloped shoulder, cylindrical body, push-up, and pontil mark; metal cap.
Object Number:
Z.497
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25521
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Apothecary bottle
Classification:
Date:
1906-1915
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 3/4 x 6 in. ( 37.5 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless (with aquamarine tint) blown glass apothecary bottle with ground bore, patent lip, rudimentary neck, sloped down shoulder, and cylindrical body with pontil mark on base; three paper labels pasted on front of bottle, with third label printed in red with inscription beginning "TINCT. BELLADONNA POISON".
Object Number:
Z.704
Marks:
printed: on top label affixed to bottle: "This preparation contains not more than [illeg.] ALCOHOL/Guaranteed under/Pure [illeg.] June [illeg.] 1906. Guaranty No. 973."
written: in ink on middle label affixed to bottle: "Tinct Belladonna [illeg.]"
prin
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1915
eMuseum Object ID:
25517
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Apothecary bottle with cap
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass, plant material, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 4 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass apothecary bottle containing dried plant material; wide mouth with straight finish, narrow scoop shoulder, cylindrical body, push-up, and pontil mark; metal cap.
Object Number:
Z.496
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25515
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Apothecary bottle with cap
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass, mustard seed, metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 6 3/8 in. ( 25.4 x 16.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass apothecary bottle containing white mustard seed; wide mouth with straight finish, scoop shoulder, cylindrical body with paper label attached, high conical push-up, and pontil mark; metal cap.
Object Number:
Z.649
Marks:
stenciled: on paper label affixed to obverse: "White / Mustard"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25514
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Apothecary bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Glass, gilding, paint
Dimensions:
with stopper: 12 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 31.8 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass apothecary bottle with narrow mouth, short cylindrical neck, circular body, and pressed lead glass stopper; detached glass label with gilding, painted border around arched shape of label, and inscription "GUM. TRAGAC."
Object Number:
Z.706ab
Marks:
painted: on label detached from bottle: "GUM./TRAGAC."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25513
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Apothecary bottle
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 in. ( 6.4 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass bottle with flanged lip, cylindrical neck, sloped shoulder, cylindrical body with fragment of paper label, and pontil mark on base.
Object Number:
Z.558
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to body: "OIL BERGAMOT / SOLD BY / . . . RESCOTT, Drugg. . . / . . . and Hamilton Stree. . . / . . . HAVEN, CT."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25510
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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