ACET VINI
ACET VINI
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- Description
- This blown and molded bottle has a label which reads ACET VINI in black text, with the first initial of each word in red. It would have contained acetum vini, or wine vinegar. Wine vinegar was used as both an anti-inflammatory and antiseptic.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bottle
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15.7 cm x 7.7 cm x 7.7 cm; 6 3/16 in x 3 1/16 in x 3 1/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0286
- catalog number
- M-05435
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 144
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0286
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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