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Description: | The Reade Bros pharmaceutical company operated in Wolverhampton between 1773 and 1959. At first, they manufactured patent medicines but later branched out into paints and varnishes. The company received an Honorable Mention for "creative chemistry" at the Paris World's Fair in 1878. This particular creation, "The Egyptian Salve", promised to heal all sorts of ailments, including burns, inflamed eyes, scurvy and "gathered breasts". The salve was packaged in this straight-sided ironstone jar. The text on the jar is transfer-printed in blue-green ink.
Straight-sided ironstone jar, transfer-printed in blue/green 'The Egyptian Salve etc', as prepared by Reade Bros and co Ltd of Wolverhampton | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Local history Miscellaneous Historical Objects Victorian period | Temporal: | 1870 - 1881
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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