ESS SUCCIN

18th century

This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has an applied neck and a flared collar. The clear glass container is decorated with a white baked enamel cartouche on a blue background. It is framed by a yellow C scroll design and capped by a crown. Urdang attributes this bottle to the Court Pharmacy of Pillnitz. It is marked, <i>ESS SUCCIN</i> in red initials. This bottle would have contained the essence of succinum, or essence of amber, and was used as a cathartic, diuretic, and antihysteric.