National Museum of American History
AQ FL SAMBUC
18th century
This blown and molded bottle is marked reads <i>AQ FL SAMBUC</i> in black text, with the first initial of each word in red. It would have contained Aqua Florum Sambucus, or Elderberry Flower Water. Aqua Florum Sambucus was prescribed as a cathartic, deobstruent, diuretic, and diaphoretic.
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