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TINCT MARTIS POMAT
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This blown and molded square glass jar has a narrow neck with a flared lip. The baked white enamel label is flanked by blue flowers on its sides and top, and a blue ribbon sits on top of the label. The label reads <i>TINCT MARTIS POMAT</i> in black text. The bottle would have contained a tincture of martis pomatum, or tincture of iron with perfumed fats. Iron solutions were often used as a stimulant, astringent, or tonic.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineTINCT MARTIS POMAT. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
