Smelling salts
Identifier
EMHT1680
Title
Smelling salts
Description
Small green bottle with white screw top containing 30 grams. Dimensions: 57 mm in height x 38 mm in width and 25 mm in depth. The company label has a lady wearing a hat and holding a basket of, presumably, herbs on her head.
Creator
Potter & Moore. Ephraim Potter and William Moore founded the company in 1749 to sell beauty and bath products utilising their knowledge of physic gardening. Lavender cultivation was their speciality. The company remains in business today selling perfumes and toilet preparations and based at Werrington, Peterborough.
Date
c.1950s
Type
Physical Object
Stored Location
Main Room: Centre
Citation
Potter & Moore. Ephraim Potter and William Moore founded the company in 1749 to sell beauty and bath products utilising their knowledge of physic gardening. Lavender cultivation was their speciality. The company remains in business today selling perfumes and toilet preparations and based at Werrington, Peterborough., “Smelling salts,” Emsworth Museum, accessed April 22, 2026, https://mail.emsworthmuseum.org.uk/emcms/items/show/9669.