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OL RUTHAE
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This blown glass urn-shaped drug jar has a long neck and applied foot. Containers of this shape were called "noennchen" or, little nuns. The white circular baked enamel label is surrounded by a blue border with a bow at the top. The label reads <i>OL RUTHAE</i> in black text. The jar would have contained Oil of Rue, which was oil from the common rue plant (also known as Herb-of-Grace) which was prescribed for its antimicrobial properties and as an abortifactant.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineOL RUTHAE. 18th-19th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
