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PLIRY ARCOTICO
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The lower shoulder of the jar bears the inscription <i>PLIRY ARCOTICO</i>. The jar would have contained Pleres Arconticum Electuarium, an electuary made from pearls. Electuaries are a blend of various herbs, water, honey and sugar which form a paste. This particular substance was made from pearls, red coral, musk, aloe, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and roses, and was used as a tonic and remedy for depression.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePLIRY ARCOTICO. ca 1700. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
