Medicine Bottle

Object/Artifact

Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute

Name/Title

Medicine Bottle

Description

Emerald green glass medicine bottle. The body is square in shape with rounded shoulders.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Makers Mark

Location

Sides, Bottom

Material/Technique

Embossed

Notes

Embossed on one side with: FITINA - NOMBRE REGISTRADO” and embossed on another side with: MARCA CIBA REGISTRADA and the CIBA emblem. An embossed emblem also appears on the bottom of the bottle (in the center) which is surrounded by the numbers 3, 7 and 2 which are also embossed.

Dimensions

Height

14 cm

Width

4.7 cm

Material

Glass

Color

Emerald Green

Location

* Untyped Location

Constellation Case

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Shipwreck

Constellation

Island

Bermuda

* Untyped Place

Atlantic Ocean

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

CIBA was a former chemical company based in Basel, Germany. Ciba is the short form for Gesellschaft für Chemische Industrie Basel. It began selling pharmaceuticals at the end of the 1880s