A collection of five ampoule packages in half a broken box (box not catalogued); each package consists of an ampoule: a cylindrical glass container with an icicle-shaped neck, the tip of which has been melted to form a seal; each ampoule contains a clear fluid and has a paper label; they are in car…
A collection of five ampoule packages in half a broken box (box not catalogued); each package consists of an ampoule: a cylindrical glass container with an icicle-shaped neck, the tip of which has been melted to form a seal; each ampoule contains a clear fluid and has a paper label; they are in cardboard boxes, two of which remain unopened.
Number Of Parts
8
Part Names
a - box - Size: Length 5.7 cm x Width 1.0 cm x Depth 1.0 cm
b - box - Size: Length 5.7 cm x Width 1.0 cm x Depth 1.0 cm
c - box - Size: Length 5.7 cm x Width 1.0 cm x Depth 1.0 cm
d - box - Size: Length 5.7 cm x Width 1.0 cm x Depth 1.0 cm
e - box - Size: Length 5.7 cm x Width 1.0 cm x Depth 1.0 cm
f - ampoule - Size: Length 5.2 cm x Diam. 1.8 cm
g - ampoule - Size: Length 5.0 cm x Diam. 1.8 cm
h - ampoule - Size: Length 5.1 cm x Diam. 1.8 cm
Provenance
Collected by Parke-Davis
Maker
Parke, Davis & Co.
Dates
1906 (?)
circa 1906 (?)
Date Remarks
Based on possible lot number
Material
glass: clear
paper: white; black
cardboard: white; black
Inscriptions
(a-e) Front: "1 CC AMPOULE No. 20 // CACODYLATE OF SODIUM // 0.05 GM. (3/4 GRAIN)"; bottom: "PARKE, DAVIS & CO."; back: "PRINTED IN U.S.A."; top: "STERILE SOLUTION"; (f-h) "1 CC No. 20 // CACODYLATE OF // SODIUM // 0.05 Gm. (3/4 gr.) // 2708266 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A3-3 Row C
Condition Remarks
Cardboard and paper slightly yellowed; boxes are dirty and dented, especially the opened ones; glass ampoules are smudged and dirty.