Amethyst drug jar

Apothecary jars

Drug Packaging

Receptacles

Used to store pharmaceutical/drug preparation

Greek key design with japanned tin lid. Marked: TINCT: ZIN GIB:FT

A dark glass drug jar with a cylindrical body and short neck is shown against a plain background. The jar features a decorative band with a gold geometric pattern around the neck. A worn paper label on the front reads “TINCT: ZIN GIB:FT,” indicating the contents as a tincture preparation. The deep amber or black glass would have helped protect the medicine inside from light, a common feature of historical pharmaceutical containers.

Health Sciences Library

State University of New York at Buffalo

1800-1830?

Cravens, Annette

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36.8 cm.

Medical instrument

Image

Still image

92.3.1

LIB-HSL001

Drug jar

9/14/2004

Glass