Druggist's jar and cover
Classification:
Date:
1830-1880
Medium:
Glass, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/2 x 8 in. ( 44.4 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass druggist's jar with cover; cup-shaped body; baluster stem with flat stepped foot; pontil mark. Decorated with red enamel wreath around yellow-brown enamel inscription "Cardamons". Conical cover with ball finial, plain rim folded to create vertical flange which fits inside jar.
Object Number:
INV.11861ab
Marks:
enamelled: on side of jar: "Cardamons"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
24255
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apothecary bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 36.2 x 19 cm )
Description:
Blown brown glass apothecary bottle; cylindrical body with short cylindrical neck and flanged lip; pontil mark. Gold banner on one side with black painted letters indicating contents ("OL.OLIVAE.OP"); gold lettering on opposite side with same inscription.
Object Number:
Z.468
Marks:
painted: in black within gold banner: "OL.OLIVAE.OP."
painted: on opposite side in gold letters: "OL.OLIVAE.OP"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24222
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Anderson's Dermador
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 10.5 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass bottle blown in three part mold; cylindrical body with slightly sloping shoulders and short, narrow neck with lip; low relief inscription on side; pontil mark in base; brown powder residue inside.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1696
Marks:
molded: in low relief on side: "ANDERSON'S/ DERMADOR"
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:
24160
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Brant's Indian Pulmonary Balsam...
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 2 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine glass medicine bottle blown in a three-part mold with down-tooled collar, cylindrical neck, short nearly flat shoulder, octagonal body with lengthwise inscription "BRANT'S INDIAN PULMONARY BALSAM M. T. WALLACE PROPRIETOR," and circular depression and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1682
Marks:
in relief (lengthwise): on three contiguous sides: "BRANT'S INDIAN / PULMONARY BALSAM / M. T. WALLACE / PROPRIETOR"
Gallery Label:
A number of nineteenth-century physicians in the U.S. dispensed "Indian" medicines. Whether or not such cures were actually based on Indian remedies, the name carried that implication and inspired public confidence. (See McKearin and Wilson, "American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry," p. 297.)
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24086
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Dr D.Jayne's Alternative...
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 18.4 x 7.3 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine glass medicine bottle blown in a two-part mold with down-tooled collar, cylindrical neck, rounded rectangular body with recessed panel with arched top on obverse containing lengthwise inscription "DR D. JAYNE'S ALTERATIVE 84 CHEST. ST. PHILA," and mold seam and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1686
Marks:
in relief (lengthwise): on obverse: "DR D. JAYNE'S / ALTERATIVE / 84CHEST.ST.PHILA"
Gallery Label:
In 1846 Dr. David Jayne and his sons, David W. and Eben C., formed "David Jayne & Sons, Proprietors of Jaynes Family medicine." Philadelphia city directories list "David Jayne & Sons, druggists" at 84 Chestnut Street from 1851 until 1858. Jayne's Alterative was a treatment for scrofula, goiter, cancer, and diseases of the skin and bones. (See McKearin and Wilson, "American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry," pp. 296-297.)
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24083
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Selden's Magic Fluid NY
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 19 x 7.3 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine glass medicine bottle blown in a two-part mold with down-tooled collar, cylindrical neck, rounded rectangular body with lengthwise inscription "SELDEN'S MAGIC FLUID N. Y." on obverse, and mold seam and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1685
Marks:
in relief (lengthwise): on obverse: "SELDEN'S / MAGIC FLUID / 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:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24005
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1880-1890
Medium:
Glass, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 3 x 1 3/4 in. ( 22.9 x 7.6 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine glass bottle blown in a full-sized, two-part mold with a hand-tooled finish; bottle is rectangular with inset panels embossed with "THE GREAT DR KILMER'S SWAMP ROOT KIDNEY, LIVER, AND BLADDER CURE SPECIFIC," "DR KILMER & CO," and "BINGHAMTON NY" with two applied paper labels detailing the medicinal qualities, dosage, and price of the medicine; base is flat with diagonal mold seam and central circular indentation; with cork.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1672
Marks:
embossed: on obverse; "THE GREAT/ DR KILMER'S/ SWAMP/ ROOT/ KIDNEY/ LIVER 7/ BLADDER/ CURE/ SPECIFIC"
embossed: on sides; "DR KILMER & CO" and "BINGHAMPTON NY"
printed: paper label; "NEW LABEL ADOPTED MARCH 1833/ DR. KILMERS..."
printed: paper label "
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:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
23912
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box of homeopathic remedies
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Wood, leather, glass, cork, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 10.8 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Rectangular hinged box with leather covering and brass clasp; interior with 7 labeled vials and handwritten note describing uses for each remedy. Pharmacy's paper label affixed inside lid. Vials include: arsenicum, belladonna, camphor, colycynth, cuprum, mercurius, and veratrum.
Object Number:
Z.438
Marks:
printed label: inside lid: "Cholera Remedies./PREPARED AT/SMITH'S/HOMEOPATHIC PHARMACY,/NEW YORK."
handwritten note: inside box: lists each remedy and the symptoms for which it can be used; i.e. "Belladonna. Cold, sore throat, headache."
Gallery Label:
According to the pharmacist's label inside the box, these vials contained homeopathic remedies for the relief of cholera.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
23669
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Physician's saddlebags w/bottles & bundles
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Leather, metal, glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 9 in. ( 19 x 24.1 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Leather saddlebags with two buckled pouches connected by leather strap; one pouch with ten dividers containing four glass vials and one bundle wrapped in paper and twine; other pouch undivided. 35 additional medicine vials and bundles, stored separately.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. E.L. Woolf
Object Number:
1954.11
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, these saddlebags belonged to Dr. Myron Orton (1784-1873) of Niagara County, New York, the donor's great-grandfather. Dr. Orton used them on the Niagara frontier in 1811, while in the local militia in the War of 1812, and later at Pekin (Sanborn), Niagara County.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23515
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 4 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 25.4 x 10.8 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue non-lead glass figured bottle blown in a three-part mold with hand-tooled finish; cylindrical neck with down-tooled lip, double-ogee rounded shoulders embossed with winged heads front and back, rectangular body with concave chamfered corners embossed front and back with medical caduceus (staff with two entwined serpents) flanked by elongated urns with foliate decoration; flat rectangular base with concave chamfered corners with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1663
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:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
23422
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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