Object Details
- Description
- The label of this bottle is marked OL LINI" 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0429
- catalog number
- M-05578
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 290
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0429.01
- 1991.0664.0429.02
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 cm x 5.1 cm x 5 cm; 4 23/32 in x 2 in x 1 31/32 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Estes, J. Worth. Dictionary of Protopharmacology: Therapeutic Practices, 1700-1850
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993947
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a7ae-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
