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AQ OPHTHALM
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This blown and molded bottle has a narrow neck and a flared lip. It's baked enamel label is framed by a Baroque style blue and yellow cartouche. The label is marked <i>AQ OPHTHALM</i> in black text, with the first initial of each word in red. This bottle would have contained Aqua Ophthalmica, or Eyewater. Aqua Opthalmica was a solution with several different compositions, all used as an eyewash.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineAQ OPHTHALM. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
