Signedlabel, top center: FARBENFABRIKEN / VORM. / FR. BAYER & CO. / ELBERFELD.
stamp on lid: FARBENFABRIKEN VORM FR. BAYER & Co. ELBERFELD. Registered Trademark
Inscribedlabel, center: Manufactured in Germany;
label, bottom center: Alizarine-Astrole G;
label, near base of bottle: 0940
FunctionFor use in dyeing textiles.
Webster's 1913 Unabridged: "Alizarin n. (Chem.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene." Alizarin was the first natural dyestuff (originally from madder root) prepared artifically from the coal-tar product anthracene (1868). Friedrich Bayer & Co. was founded by Friedrich Bayer in 1863. In 1881 the company became public and had its name registered as "Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedr. Bayer & Co." An in-depth reference on dyes and dyeing, entitled "Dyeing" can be found in the CHSI's 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Vol. 8, pp. 743-754.
Related WorksWebster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition, s.v. "Alizarin."
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 edition, s.v. "Dyeing."
A history of the development of sythetic dyestuffs in the late 19th Century can be found in A.S. Travis, The Rainbow Makers . London, Assoc. University Presses, 1993.