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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Bottle
Bottle #2
This is an Opium based Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
with the number 33 embossed underneath. The bottle stands
5 and 1/4" tall and is a nice Aqua/light green color.
It looks to be hand blown with early smooth base with straight
line hinge mold seam. Cylinder in shape with very nice rolled
lip, excellent condition, no chips, cracks or damage of any kind.
The top originally had a cork but that has been long gone.
It is embossed in bold letters on all sides of the bottle:
MRS. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP
CURTIS & PERKINS
PROPRIETORS
The bottle is authentic Victorian. This particular bottle is
a dug bottle with some haze and a lovely touch of iridescence.
Should you want your vintage bottles to sparkle, you will need be in
touch with a professional bottle cleaner unless those of
you prefer your bottles with that authentic Victorian era patina.
A little History about Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
First marketed in 1849 as "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup", the popularity of
this medicine climbed to incredible heights under the management of Jeramiah
Curtis and Benjamin Perkins, and soon spawned many imitators.
This is one of the notorious "baby killer" narcotic opium teething syrup bottles
for babies. Many collectors refer to this SOOTHING SYRUP as a baby killer, because of
the powerful narcotic morphine and alcohol combination. It was marketed as a teething
syrup for babies and was very addictive and destructive.
Mrs. Charlotte N. Winslow, a devoted female physician and nurse studied teething
among infants. She made a soothing syrup for children, the ingredients of which
contained sulphate of morphia, sodium carbonate, spirits of foeniculi, and aqua
ammonia. This medicine not only "soothed" the child, but relieved the pain of
teething or other ailments. A great number of children ended up dying of an overdose as
a result of the Morphine contained in the medicine.
Some of the ads that were used to promote Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
(Ads not for sale)
Order by ITEM# Vintage-67
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