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Pewter Box
Round pewter container with lid. The <i>Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> lists this box as a contained for “Richter’s pills.” Richter’s pills were nostrums, or pills that had no discernible physiological effect. An inscription around the coat of arms reads: Christian Sigm. Christoph Fridrich Richter.
- Type
- box
- Medium
- pewter (overall material)
- Department
- NMAH
- Institution
- National Museum of American History
- Object number
- nmah_994419
- Credit
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
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