CC0 · no rights reserved
BALS IRIS ANIS
From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has an applied neck and a flared collar. The clear glass is decorated with a baked enamel cartouche with a white shield on a blue background. The shield is framed by a yellow C scroll design and capped by a crown. George Urdang author of <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> attributes this bottle to the Court Pharmacy of Pillnitz which today is a city quarter in eastern Dresden, Germany. The bottle is marked <i>BALS IRIS ANIS</i> with red initial letters and the alchemical symbol for sulphur.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineBALS IRIS ANIS. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
