Turlington's Balsam of Life

This 19th century hand-blown glass bottle was recovered from the William Joyce archaeological site in Halton Hills by Archaeological Services Inc. in 2004. It once contained a medicine called “Turlington’s Balsam of Life,” a common household object in Britain and many British colonies. The unique bottle shape was among the first mold-blown bottles of the modern-era and was designed to deter those who tried to counterfeit Turlington’s medicine.