NAPHTA OI.

17th-18th century

This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has a baked enamel oval cartouche outlined with blue vines, red and yellow flowers and a three pointed crown. The label reads <i>NAPHTA Ol</i>. Naptha is a crude oil found in natural gas and coal tar. As a distilled product it was used internally as a cathartic, and externally as a liniment.