Object number
91/26
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Description
Bottle with a cork stopper, contains a medical preparation called 'Viridolin', for use in healing wounds on any animal.
This large glass bottle, with a cork stopper, contains a veterinary medical preparation called 'Viridolin', for general use in healing wounds on any animal. It was also known, according to the bottle label, as 'Stephen Pettifer & Sons' Green Oils'.
Physical description
1 bottle: glassInscription on paper label [title]: 'The Original & Only Genuine "VIRIDOLIN". Known familiarly as Stephen Pettifer & Sons' Green Oils.'
Archival history
MERL Miscellaneous Note, 20 February 2020 - During a visit to examine the bottle, Carol Craddock explained that her great grandfather Edward Collins worked for the Pettifer family business. Stephen Pettifer ran a veterinary practice in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. He was married to Mercy Pettifer (née Collins). Edward Collins was a cousin of Mercy Collins. His family business made and marketed a number of animal health products including this drench and Santovin. The former practice building is now home to Mayfield House Hotel. Further details of the family can be found in: Margaret Rickard (comp.), 'Pettifer Business: A Family History, 1634-2004 (Privately Published, 2004). [Ollie Douglas, 20 February 2020]
Production place
Malmesbury
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_15905.tif - High resolution image
