Oil Clove Bud D&O Dodge & Alcott co.

1. Oil Clove Bud D&ODodge & Alcott co. By: Hunter N. and Madison C.

2. Function/Purpose • The oil clove bud is used for two main purposes medicine and a cooking spice. • When people use it as a medicine it is used for digestive problems and it relieves toothaches. • Clove also is a spice that people use that mixes well with cinnamon, vanilla, red wine, and basil.

3. Physical Features • The clove oil smells like cinnamon with sweet pickles. • The bottle of the clove oil is a blue, 4 oz. , unbroken, nice bottle. • The bottle has markings from the pharmacy that it went to. It looks like- • The surface is very smooth and does not look like it has been changed. • The bottle is 5 inches tall and 2 inches in diameter.

4. Materials • There are only four materials which are paper, glass, wood, and plastic. • The paper is used for the label of the bottle. • The bottle is made of glass. • The cork is made of wood but on the top of the cork is a lid made of plastic.

5. Construction of the Bottle • The D&O clove bud was made by the Dodge and Alcott co. • The bottle was made by a machine because there is more than one made in the world. • The bottle only has one part, the lid and cork which is one piece.

6. Context and History • Dodge and Alcott co. made the clove for McKesson and Robbins. • The company was established in 1798 in New York. • People that were sick used the clove as a medicine for digestive problems and toothaches.

7. Value • Today the clove bottle is worth 10-20 dollars depending on the condition of the bottle. • The clove was very important to the people that used it because it was a medicine. • The clove was valued to cooks as a spice for cooking.

8. Two different bottles Oil clove bottle Like oil clove bottle • The bottle on the left is the oil clove bottle. • The label on this bottle is the same as the clove but a different medicine.