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ESS SUCCIN
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This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has an applied neck and a flared collar. The clear glass container is decorated with a white baked enamel cartouche on a blue background. It is framed by a yellow C scroll design and capped by a crown. Urdang attributes this bottle to the Court Pharmacy of Pillnitz. It is marked, <i>ESS SUCCIN</i> in red initials. This bottle would have contained the essence of succinum, or essence of amber, and was used as a cathartic, diuretic, and antihysteric.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineESS SUCCIN. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
