Sunday, July 1, 2012

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Here is one which just came out of the ground yesterday. It came from 1870s context and was inches away from an 1870s western blown spice. I have never seen one like it and it looks soooo western blown and crude. I do not read spanish, but from what I can decipher, it is a medicine, and a phosphate emulsion of some kind. The embossing reads; " S..A.Droguera Universal Mexico" ( front panel)." Emulsional Maraz" ( left panel), "Con Hipoffitos" ( right panel). The top is applied, and is a tapered collar style. This oddity looks to be 1870s and is very whittled and a fire aqua. Any thoughts? Dale M.
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  1. castleJuly 1, 2012 at 4:09 PM

    A great looking med that I have never heard of and it is anyones guess on how it got to your part of the country.
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  2. AnonymousJuly 16, 2012 at 5:12 PM

    Neat bottle ! I've dug American-blown Mexican Drug store bottles and hutch sodas, but hadnt seen a Patent-style medi.
    I think you have a Spanish version of the Scott's Emulsion Hypophosfates. I did find on Google, a Dr Don Anastasio Almaraz in Salamanca (Western Spain), that was associated w/ this product and a mention of Scott's in the same article. The Scott's product seems to go back to the mid 1870's (Scott & Browne first sold it in NYC 1876).


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