Apothecary Bottle, OL BERGAM
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This free blown square bottle with rounded shoulders and lollypop-shaped glass stopper dates from the eighteenth century. The baked enamel label is typical of the Rococo style popular at the time. The oval cartouche is outlined in blue stylized acanthus leaves and pink ribbon the center of the cartouche is marked in black <i>OL BERGAM</i>. Oil of Bergamot was used as a flavoring agent for medicines as well as a tea to settle the stomach. This jar is one of a group of six small containers for oil extracts.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
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: 1991.0664.0415
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05564
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 276
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0415.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0415.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Object Name
content: bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.3 cm x 3.8 cm x 3.8 cm; 3 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 7.9375 cm x 3.81 cm x 3.81 cm