Florentine Bottle
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This is a free-blown green glass container with a long neck, a round squat body and an applied curved spout. Florentine bottles were used for the distillation of flower oils. According to Robert J. Forbes in his book, <i>The Short History of the Art of Distillation</i>, page 260, the term Florentine Bottle goes back no further than the mid-19th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: Chemistry
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0928
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-06324
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0928
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.8 cm x 11 cm x 8.5 cm; 5 1/32 in x 4 11/32 in x 3 11/32 in