{"product_id":"e16ab3-antique-1880s-ayer-s-cathartic-pills-victor","title":"Antique 1880s Ayer’s Cathartic Pills Victorian Cherub Advertising Trade Card","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal late-19th-century advertising trade card for \u003cstrong\u003eAyer’s Cathartic Pills\u003c\/strong\u003e, prepared by \u003cstrong\u003eDr. J. C. Ayer \u0026amp; Co., Lowell, Massachusetts\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe colorful chromolithographed front depicts a whimsical group of cherubs or putti manufacturing, packaging, and preparing Ayer’s Pills. Across the top is the advertising slogan:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Ayer’s Cathartic Pills – a safe, pleasant and reliable Family Medicine.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reverse contains an extensive period advertisement describing the pills as a cathartic and promoting them for numerous digestive and other ailments. It also discusses the company's distinctive oval wooden pill boxes and sealed glass vials used for export.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a genuine Victorian patent-medicine advertising piece. Institutional collections document Ayer’s Cathartic Pills trade cards from the \u003cstrong\u003e1880s\u003c\/strong\u003e, including examples dated 1883; another documented Ayer card is known to have been issued before 1893 and possibly during the preceding decade\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Legacy Antiques \u0026 Consignment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53722424017189,"sku":"5091190255707","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/8190\/8517\/files\/2026-09-01-6lEYd0Gs-IMG_4221.jpg?v=1788274541","url":"https:\/\/inletlegacy.com\/products\/e16ab3-antique-1880s-ayer-s-cathartic-pills-victor","provider":"Legacy Antiques \u0026 Consignment","version":"1.0","type":"link"}