Collection Highlights
WILD STYLE: TRACY 168
1992
2003.38.6
Black marker and felt tip pen on heavy paper with glue residue from a bound border at left
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Museum Collections
Historical Artifacts
Apothecary bottle
Object name
Apothecary bottle
Date
1906-1915
Medium
Glass, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 14 3/4 x 6 in. ( 37.5 x 15.2 cm )
Description
Colorless (with aquamarine tint) blown glass apothecary bottle with ground bore, patent lip, rudimentary neck, sloped down shoulder, and cylindrical body with pontil mark on base; three paper labels pasted on front of bottle, with third label printed in red with inscription beginning "TINCT. BELLADONNA POISON".
Object Number
Z.704
Marks
printed: on top label affixed to bottle: "This preparation contains not more than [illeg.] ALCOHOL/Guaranteed under/Pure [illeg.] June [illeg.] 1906. Guaranty No. 973."
written: in ink on middle label affixed to bottle: "Tinct Belladonna [illeg.]"
printed: on bottom label affixed to bottle: "[skull and crossbones] TINCT./BELLADONNA/POISON/ANTIDOTE. -Emeties of Mustard or White/Vitriol, Stomach Pump, Cold Bath, Strong Coffee/or Tea [illeg.] Tea or Oak Bark, Purgatives./E.S. LEADBEATER & SONS/[illeg.] DRUGGISTS/[illeg.] Fairfax Street. Alexandria, Va./Eastablished 1792"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
