McMunns Label/Wrapper...

[yenzee]

Hi!
My name is Jens and I´m from Cologne/Germany. I´m new to this forum and new to bottle collecting. So maybe someone of you nice people here can help me. I´m looking for a picture of the complete wrapper/label of "Dr. McMunns Elixir of Opium" or any other information on that one...can anyone help me?
Greetings from Germany,
Jens.

 

[walkingstick]

Greetings Jens,

And welcome to the forum.

Every few weeks a Dr. Mcmunn's Elixer of Opium shows up for auction on ebay complete with wrapper, and sometimes with the contents and cork. I looked today and there is nothing there for now.

 

[JustGlass]

Heres a pic of one that I have. I wish I could unroll it to read the directions, but its very fragil and would definitly fall apart.

 

[JustGlass]

Greeting to you also Jens, My grandfather was from germany, maybe we are related? Heres another pic.

 

[yenzee]

Thank you for the quick response and thanks for the friendly welcome!
I think somehow I expressed wrong. I do have a bottle McMunns and the label is very fragil, too. So I´m very curious and would like to see what is written inside. Any idea of where I could find a picture of an unrolled wrapper?

greetings from germany,
Jens.

 

[David E]

DR. McMUNNS ELIXIR OF OPIUM
Introduced ca. 1842; later labeled as the
pure and essential extract from the native
drug..To produce sleep and and composure;
to releive pain and irratation,
nervous exitement and morbid irritability
of body and mind; to allay conculsive
and spasmodic actions
, etc etc.. The ELIXOR OF OPIUM is also greatly
SUPERIOR TO MORPHINE...
E. Ferret agent 372 Pearl St.. New York City
Dr. Johothan B. McMunn, New York gave A. B. & D. Sands
sole agency for this product ca 1842. In
1875, Edmund Ferrett became agent;
agent Ferett was still in business ca. 1842. In 1875
Edmund Ferrett became agent;
Ferett was still in business ca. 1900. Eighty million
bottles were being manufactured for this product annually
by 1859 by the Folembray Glass Works, in France
Advertised 1913
Aqua 4 1/4" x 1" diameter
Also variant embosed McMUMM (with pontil).

Dave

 

[yenzee]

Thanks for the detailed info, Dave!

greetings from germany,
Jens.