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SPIR LAVEND
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This blown and molded bottle has a Baroque-style blue and yellow cartouche with red and black lettering. The baked enamel label reads <i>SPIR LAVEND</i>. The flowers and leaves of the Lavender plant were used as an aromatic and to eliminate pests. Lavender was used to cure headaches, apoplexy and loss of speech.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineSPIR LAVEND. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
