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OL SPICAE
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This blown and molded clear glass bottle has a baked enamel label marked <i>OL SPICAE</i>. Ol Spicae is also known as Spike lavender oil. Derived from the distillation of lavender flowers it was used in perfumes, as a cure for headaches, and in the elimination of lice.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineOL SPICAE. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
