Collection Highlights
Kast
1675-1690
1941.914
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Bottle: Warner's safe kidney & liver cure...
Title
Bottle: Warner's safe kidney & liver cure...
Object name
Medicine bottle
Date
1860-1880
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. ( 24.1 x 8.9 x 4.4 cm )
Description
Brown glass bottle blown in a two-part mold with a hand-tooled finish; bottle has a rounded lip, short cylindrical neck, rounded shoulders, straight-sided body with an oval base; body embossed with a safe and the inscription; "WARNER'S SAFE KIDNEY & LIVER CURE/ ROCHESTER, NY;" base has horizontal mold seam interupted by a circular indentation with "A13;" cork.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.1664
Marks
embossed: on bottle; "WARNER'S/ SAFE/ KIDNEY & LIVER/ CURE/ ROCHESTER, N.Y."
written: tag on base; "Leadbeater/ Drug Store"
embossed on base "A13":
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
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
