The glass bottle is 7cm tall, 2.7cm wide and 1.8cm deep. The letters 'JC Eno's Effervescing Fruit Salt' are raised across the length of the bottle. The cork surrounds a glass stopper.
James Crossley Eno (1827 - 1915) was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne. He was appointed as Dispensing Chemist at the Newcastle Infirmary in 1846. He acquired the lease of a small Chemist's shop at 57 Groat Market in 1851.
Eno introduced Fruit Salts, an indigestion remedy, in 1868. The salts comprised of sodium bicarbonate, tartaric acid and citric acid. The Fruits name represented the sources of the 2 acids: tartaric from grapes and citric from citrus fruit.
Seamen using the East Coast ports became heavy users of Eno's Fruit Salts and helped to establish the reputation of the brand across the country and overseas.
