Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Apothecary bottle with stopper
Object name
Apothecary bottle with stopper
Date
1850-1900
Medium
Glass, gilding, paint
Dimensions
with stopper: 10 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 25.7 x 9.5 cm )
Description
Colorless blown lead glass apothecary bottle with narrow mouth, short cylindrical neck, circular body with straight sides, pushup, and pressed lead glass stopper with notches along rounded edge; attached glass label with gilding and painted inscription between two scrolls on white ground, "SYR. SCILLAE".
Object Number
Z.712ab
Marks
painted: on gilded label: "SYR. SCILLAE"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
