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Title |
St Jakobs Oel Bottle, c. 1905-1910 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Medicine |
Description |
St Jakobs Oel Bottle, c. 1905-1910. The bottle is madfe out of see-through lighly green glass. It has a long slim rounded body, a relatively short neck wit rounded shoulders and a double ring finish. |
Date |
c. 1905-1910 |
Creator |
August Vogeler & Co., Baltimore |
Role |
Producer |
Catalog Number |
2019.002.004 |
Dimensions |
H-6.25 W-1.375 D-1.375 inches |
Collection |
3D - Medical & Psychological Tools & Equipment |
Inscription Text |
"ST JAKOBS OEL / THE CHARLES A VOGELER COMPANY / BALTIMORE, Mo. U. S. A." |
Provenance |
Part of 4+ boxes of archaeological material recovered from the Morgan Oyster Beds on Bear Island in Belmont, CA. |
Notes |
"August Vogeler (1819–1908) came to the United States from Germany in his early twenties and by 1845 had become a drug manufacturer, operating as A. Vogeler & Co., Baltimore. In the 1870s he partnered with his eldest son, Charles A., and one John H. Winkleman, and sometime after 1878 they began to manufacture and promote what their early embossed bottles spelled (in German) "ST. JAKOBS OEL [sic]." (Note: St. is the abbreviation for the German sankt, "saint.")" [https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/st-_jacobs_oil/ 05/06/2019] "Used for centuries by Native American and Asian archers as arrowhead poisons, the deadly alkaloids of the monkshood (Aconitum sp.) root were compounded into one of America’s most widely advertised quack liniments of the 1880s. As 2% aconite in a turpentine–ether–alcohol tincture, this "antineuralgic" was sold as Sankt Jakob Oel in Germany and as "St. Jacob’s Oil" in English-speaking nations. Spuriously advertised as prepared by German monks from the Black Forest, this panacea for rheumatism, sciatica, and other painful conditions was distributed by suppliers in Maryland, Ohio, and New York." [https://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/archives/item/49/neuralgia-man-(st.-jacob%E2%80%99s-oil) 05/06/2019] |
Search Terms |
Archaeolgy Archaeological Material Archaeological Materials Bottle Collection Bottle Collectors Bottles Medicine Morgan Oyster Company Oil |
Subjects |
Bottle industry Bottles Bottling industry Medical equipment & supplies Medicine Medicines Oil |
People |
Vogeler, Charles August |
Credit line |
Courtesy of John Shroyer |