Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bitters in box
Object Number:
Z.895
Date:
1846-1880
Medium:
Wood, paper, bitters
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: on label: "NEWTON'S/ JAUNDICE/ Bitters,/ Are good in all Billious Affections, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Fever & Ague, Hypochondria, Hysterics, Flatulence, Costiveness, Diarrhoea, Indigestion, Asthma, Worms, Catarrh, Sick Headache, and the Liver Compla
Description:
Cylindrical wooden box wrapped in original paper and inscribed label; bitters powder inside smells of ginger.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
