COLLECTION NAME:
UMass 19th Century Roxbury Family Collection
Record
ID number:
11.03
Site name:
Roxbury
Complex title:
DCR Parcel 8
Site date:
18th-20th century
Modern location:
Roxbury, Massachusetts
UMAS Project Number:
UM 734
Artifact name:
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup bottle
Artifact form:
medicine bottle
Artifact classification:
container (receptacles)
Artifact description:
Aqua embossed medicinal bottle
Image view description:
Bottle with measurement and ID number
Artifact condition:
Good
Artifact inscription:
MRS WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP, CURTIS & PERKINS PROPRIETORS
Artifact material:
Glass
Artifact date:
19th-20th century
Artifact date type:
creation date
Artifact Terminus Ante Quem:
1849
Artifact notes:
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup was sold as a treatment for issues with teething babies. The formula is attributed to Mrs. Charlotte N. Winslow in 1835, and was first distributed around 1849
Artifact repository:
UMass Archaeological Services Artifact Inventory
Image creator:
Eve Loftus
Image creation date:
2017-03
Filename:
UMAR_00103.tif
Accession number:
UMAR_00103
Rights:
All rights reserved
