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ESS VALERIAN
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This blown and molded square–shaped glass bottle is marked <i>ESS VALERIAN</i> in black text, with the first initial of each word in red. The jar would have contained Essence of Valerian—the oil of valerian root or valerian salt in an alcoholic solution. The solution was used as a tonic or weak sedative.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineESS VALERIAN. 17th-18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
