OL LINI
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: The label of this bottle is marked <i>OL LINI</i>" indicating it contained linseed oil from the flax plant. The cultivation of linseed oil has been traced back 7000 years. Flax was used for various internal and external ailments, including as a laxative and for making plasters. The pigments applied to the blown and molded glass bottle are done in the cold paint technique.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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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
label: Related Publication
content: Estes, J. Worth. Dictionary of Protopharmacology: Therapeutic Practices, 1700-1850
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: 1991.0664.0429
label: catalog number
content: M-05578
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 290
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0429.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0429.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Other Terms
content: bottle; Pharmaceutical Container; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 cm x 5.1 cm x 5 cm; 4 23/32 in x 2 in x 1 31/32 in