Apothecary Bottle, OL BERGAM
Apothecary Bottle, OL BERGAM
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- Description
- 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 OL BERGAM. 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bottle
- bottle
- date made
- 18th century
- place made
- Germany
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- 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
- 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
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0415
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05564
- collector/donor number
- SAP 276
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0415.01
- 1991.0664.0415.02
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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