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TERR VITRIOL DULC
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This blown and molded square-shaped glass jar has a narrow neck and flared lip. It has a baked white enamel label framed in blue and red surrounded by a gold and brown escutcheon with a crown at the top. The label is marked <i>TERR VITRIOL DULC</i> in black text, with the first initial of each word painted red. The bottle would have held <i>Terra Vitrioli Dulcis</i> an iron sulfate solution which was generally used as an astringent.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineTERR VITRIOL DULC. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
