OL ANETHI
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square-shaped glass bottle has a narrow neck and flared lip. It has a baked white enamel label surrounded by a gold and brown escutcheon with a crown at the top. The label is marked <i>OL ANETHI</i> in black, with the first letter in red. The bottle would have contained oil of anethum, or oil from the dill herb. The oil of anethum was often prescribed for its carminative properties.
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
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: 1991.0664.0452
label: catalog number
content: M-05601.02
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 313
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0452
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.7 cm x 5.4 cm x 5.5 cm; 3 13/16 in x 2 1/8 in x 2 5/32 in