Wm F. Spotswood


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Wm F. Spotswood, Petersburg VA

Notes:
(more information will be added when I get around to researching this druggist)

Bottles:

spotswood_01 spotswood_02 This is a clear (flint glass), 2.8" free-blown bottle with a no embossing & a pontil scar on the base. It has a label that says:
label: PERUVIAN BARK / WM. F. SPOTSWOOD, Apothecary, / PETERSBURG, VA.
According to wikipedia, Peruvian Bark is also known as Jesuit's Bark or cinchona bark, and was used with some success as a remedy for Malaria.






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