National Museum of American History
SP MINDER
18th century
This square, blown and molded glass bottle has an applied neck and flat collar. The bottle is decorated with a baked white enamel cartouche, framed by stylized blue leaves and yellow and red flowers. It is marked <i>SP MINDER</i> in black. The bottle would have contained Spirits Mindererus, a solution of ammonium acetate. It was used as a cathartic to stimulate the bowels and as a diaphoretic to increase perspiration.
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