Detail View: UMass 19th Century Roxbury Family Collection:

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: 
Side of bottle, SOOTHING SYRUP visible
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_00104.tif
Accession number: 
UMAR_00104
Rights: 
All rights reserved