Collection Highlights
Drawing by Sargeant: Figure Studies after Tintoretto's "Worship of the Golden Calf"; verso: sketch of a horse-drawn carriage and a more finished study of a horse
c. 1874
1935.85.2.24
Graphite on ivory paper, formerly mounted on a page of James Carroll Beckwith Album 1
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Museum Collections
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Bottle: Dr D.Jayne's Alternative...
Title
Bottle: Dr D.Jayne's Alternative...
Object name
Medicine bottle
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
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
