Medicine vial

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

SS.61.66 a

Name/Title

Medicine vial

Entry/Object ID

SS.61.66 a-t

Description

Assorted glass medicine bottles associated with box (SS.61.65): a. "Lyco sodium" handwritten label. Clear, vase-shaped vial is 1"tall, contains buff-colored balls, and is corked. b. Illegible handwritten label. Clear vase-shaped vial is 1"tall, contains a glossy dark amber substance, and is corked. c. Illegible handwritten label(possibly "Nux vomica 30"). Clear vase-shaped vial is 1 1/8"tall and contains buff and brown balls and powder, and is corked. d. Illegible handwritten label (possibly "arsenic"). Clear vase-shaped vial is 1 1/8" tall, contains buff-colored balls, and is corked. e. "Arsenicum Alb." printed label. Clear cylindrical vial has slightly narrower collar and flaring rim, contains buff-colored balls, and is corked. Vials f-s are all made of green glass, are cylindrical, have collars that are narrower than the body of the vial, have flaring rims, and are corked. Except where noted, these vials contain light-colored balls. f. "Lamium alb." printed label. Vial is 1 9/16"tall and has a 1/2" rim diameter. g. "Millefolium" printed label. Vial is 1 1/2"tall and has a 1/2" rim diameter. h. Partly illegible "...phosphoric" printed label. Vial is 1 9/16"tall and has a 1/16" rim diameter. Cork has writing "...phos." i. "...MILLA" torn, printed label. Vial is 1 15/16"tall and has a 5/8" rim diameter. j. "LACHESIS" printed label. Vial is 1 5/16"tall and has a 5/8" rim diameter. k. "Petrolium" printed label. Vial is 1 3/8"tall and has a 3/4" rim diameter. Cork has writing "Petrole..." l. "IPECACUANHA" printed label. Vial is 1 3/8"tall and has an 11/16" rim diameter. m. "Aurum follat." printed label. Vial is 1 1/2" tall and has a 3/4" rim diameter. Illegible writing appears on cork, and the vial is empty. n. "Natrum sulphur." printed label. Vial is 1 5/8" tall and has a 5/8" rim diameter. o. "Euphorbia off." printed label. Vial is 1 1/2"tall and has an 11/16" rim diameter. Cork has writing "Euph." p. "Opium" printed label. Vial is 1 5/8"tall and has a 3/4" rim diameter. q. "Bromum" printed label. Vial is 1 1/2"tall and has a 3/4" rim diameter. Cork has writing "Brom." Almost empty. r. Illegible label has printed part crossed out and something else written. Vial is 1 1/2"tall and has a 3/4" rim diameter. s. Unlabeled vial is 1 9/16"tall and a 3/4" rim diameter. Cork has writing "Stan..." t. "Nitri. Acidum" label. Clear cylindrical vial with relatively long cylindrical neck and slight collar

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1834 - 1867 Date made: r. 1834 - 1867

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

SP 3160

SS.61.66 A-T

SS.61.66a-t

Material

Glass, Paper

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

SS.61.65 - Medicine chest - Used together

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Vial marked t. was missing as of the 9/3/02 inventory. Not found 7/3/06. Not found during 2025 inventory. Evaluation is for vials (originally 25) in wooden box (v. SS.61.65). Description rewritten based on 9/3/02 inventory. Original catalog entry was for 21 items, but the number of letters assigned (A-T) indicates that there were only 20. The objects themselves had never been marked. Inventory revealed only 19 objects. The clear cylindrical bottle labelled "Nitri. Acidum" is missing. There is no bottle marked "Marius Magn", but this could be the result of a missing or illegible label. The bottle originally marked "CHAMOMILLA" (i) now has a torn label and the beginning of the word is missing. These objects were numbered SS.61.66 a-s during the inventory.

Note Type

General Note

Note

One cork without a bottle was found, possibly belongs to (t).

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Sunnyside, 2nd floor hall