Physical description
Tall clear glass bottle for stopper, rectangular in section, impressed panels on three sides and on base with embossed text in the panels and on base.
Inscriptions & markings
Front 'SCOTTS EMULSION'. Sides ' COD LIVER OIL', 'WITH LIME & SODA'. On base : '6 (?)24' in a triangle.
Subjects
References
- The Man with a Fish on His Back by Diane Wendt. '.......Even the most steadfast proponents of cod-liver oil, such as de Jongh and Bennett, admitted that the highly disagreeable taste and smell presented a significant hurdle to its use. In 1873 Alfred B. Scott came to New York City and, along with partner Samuel W. Bowne, began experimenting to produce a less nauseating preparation of cod-liver oil. Three years later they established the firm of Scott and Bowne, and began marketing their product as Scott’s Emulsion. Though not a doctor or pharmacist by training, Scott had the eye for opportunity that was necessary for achievement in business. Advertising, the two men believed, would propel their product to success. And so it did: by the 1890s Scott and Bowne had factories in Canada, England, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and France, and advertised their emulsion throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Scott procured his oil for Scott’s Emulsion directly from the Lofoten Islands, a long chain located above the Arctic Circle and the world centre of cod fishery...............'
- c1890 Scott's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil with Lime & Soda , Aqua Cork Top Blown Glass Medicine Bottle Description of a similar bottle : c1890 : Scott's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil with Lime & Soda , Aqua Cork Top Blown Glass Medicine Bottle , with embossing as follows ( Scott's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil with Lime & Soda ) with cork top finish , aqua in colour, blown glass.
