National Museum of American History
ESS TFRIFOL FIBR
18th century
This blown and molded square-shaped glass bottle has a narrow neck and flared lip. The bottle has a baked white enamel label framed in blue and red, and surrounded by a gold and brown escutcheon. The label is marked <i>ESS TFRIFOL FIBR</i> in black text. The first initial of each word is painted red. This bottle would have contained Essence of Trifolium fiber. The <i>Trifolium</i> genus of plants contains a variety of clovers used in different medications that were prescribed as aperients, deobstruents, stomachics, diuretics, and diaphoretics.
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