Apothecary Bottle, SPIR: LAVEND
Apothecary Bottle, SPIR: LAVEND
- Description
- This blown glass bottle is marked SPIR: LAVEND: The opaque white color of the glass comes from the addition of tin oxide and was meant to imitate porcelain. The flowers and leaves of the Lavender plant were used as an aromatic and to eliminate pests. Lavender was used as a medicinal by mixing it with other herbs. It was also used to cure headaches, apoplexy and loss of speech.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 cm x 5.8 cm; 3 15/16 in x 2 5/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0478
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05627
- collector/donor number
- SAP 339
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0478
- 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
