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SAL, EPSOMEN
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The wide mouth jar is marked <i>SAL, EPSOMEN</i>, and would have contained Epsom salt, which could be used as a cathartic, diuretic, and diaphoretic. The jar is free blown with a flared lip, and an applied foot. The baked enamel label is a white shield surrounded by a blue wreath. Atop the shield is a red, yellow, and white crown capped with a blue orb.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineSAL, EPSOMEN. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
