OL SPICAE
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded clear glass bottle has a baked enamel label marked <i>OL SPICAE</i>. Ol Spicae is also known as Spike lavender oil. Derived from the distillation of lavender flowers it was used in perfumes, as a cure for headaches, and in the elimination of lice.
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: Drey, Rudolf E.A.. Apothecary Jars
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: 1991.0664.0293
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05442
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 151
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0293
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Other Terms
content: bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.1 cm x 7.6 cm x 7.5 cm; 6 11/32 in x 3 in x 2 15/16 in