Collection Highlights
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Date:
1805
Object Number:
1867.306
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medicine bottle
Object Number:
Z.688
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, paper, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 17.8 x 6 x 2.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: on paper wrapping around bottle: "ALLEN'S/LUNG/BALSAM/For the Cure of all Affections/of the Lungs, Throat, & Chest/such as Consumption, Colds,/Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis/Croup Whooping Cough Pain/or Oppression of the Chest/Hoarseness.Spilling of
Description:
Colorless nonlead glass medicine bottle blown in a three-part mold with down-tooled lip, cylindrical neck, rounded shoulder, rectangular body with flat chamfers, and diagonal mold seam and pontil mark on base; recessed panels on sides, front, and back; bottle covered in paper wrapping printed in black with illustration of woman next to plow and pile of flowers, with an anchor at center, above inscription beginning "ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM"; cork in mouth of bottle.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
