Bottle of Ayer's Sarsaparilla
Maker
1. J. C. Ayer Company (estab. 1841)
2. Rocke Tompsitt & Co. Ltd., Melbourne
Date
1855
Description
In 1855 Extract of Sarsaparilla was placed on the market, ague cure following in 1857. Their Sarsaparilla was described in advertisements as: "A combination of vegetable alternatives – Stillingia, Mandrake, Yellow Dock – with the Iodides of Potassium and Iron. Ayer’s Ague Cure,” was warranted as a cure for: Fever and Ague. Intermittent Fever, Chill Fever, Remittent Fever, Periodical or Billious Fever, etc., and indeed all the affections which arise from malarious, marsh or miasmatic poisons.
According to Colburn’s “History of Lowell,” the manufacture
Flattened clear glass bottle with black plastic lid. White (aged) label with black text "Ayer's Sarsaparilla from the Laboratories of the Ayer co" includes description and dose. Prepared in Australia for the successors to the Ayer Company Mass., U.S.A by Rocke, Tompsitt & co. Ltd, Melbourne, Australia.
Bottle is 3/4 full of brown liquid.
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