Bottle of Purple Lake
notes: label: Description
content: This small cylindrical glass container holds a purple powder and carries a paper label reading "PARDESSUS & CO. / PURPLE LAKE / NEW YORK." Pardessus was a New York firm that sold supplies for making wax flowers. Purple lake was a pigment. This came from the shop of Henry Fitz (1808-1863), America’s first successful commercial telescope maker.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Willard H. Howell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315158.081
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.081
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (inside color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 1.5 cm; 1 15/16 in x 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 7/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 2.2225 cm