Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
Date:
1825-1845
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Medium:
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medicine
Object Number:
2002.1.2504
Date:
1930-1960
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
2 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This blue rectangular tin is printed on the top in ivory and blue "12 Tablets/ Creamalin/ Brand of Aluminum Hydroxide Gel/ Winthrop Chemical Company, Inc., New York/ Windsor, Ont.", with instructions for use as an antacid. The reverse has chemical ingredient information and inside the top lid is an advertisment for the liquid form of the product.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
