Collection Highlights
Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bottle: Equeru's codliver oil jelly
Title
Bottle: Equeru's codliver oil jelly
Object name
Medicine bottle
Date
1860-1890
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 15.6 x 6 cm )
Description
Colorless glass medicine bottle blown in a two-part mold with rim folded outward, shoulderless cylindrical body with inscription "E. QUERU'S CODLIVER OIL JELLY" lengthwise on obverse, and pontil mark.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.1680
Marks
in relief: on obverse: "E. QUERU'S / CODLIVER OIL / JELLY"
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.
