VINTAGE COFFEE MUG Collectors Green Ceramic 1960s Schering Cosmas & Damian

Description

Vintage 1960's Coffee Mug
Schering Coricidin Mortar and Pestle Ceramic Mug
Ceramic mug produced by McCoy Pottery for Schering Pharmaceuticals
Measures approx. 4"H, 4" diameter at top, 5.25"L including handle
Color is a vibrant Moss Green
Reads COSMAS & DAMIAN 150 a.d. embossed on front and back
Reads CORICIDIN on handle
Reads SECUNDUM ARTEM on bottom ring (means 'according to practice')
Schering stamp on bottom of mug
One tiny chip on bottom, shown in photos
Showstopper piece for coffee or tea, see below for fun facts for your next dinner party conversation....
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FUN FACTS:
"1965 Green Mortar and Pestle Ceramic Mug produced by McCoy Pottery for Schering Pharmaceuticals to promote Coricidin, a drug used to combat cold symptoms."
"McCoy has had a long tradition of producing mugs for several purposes.  From coffee to tea to mortar and pestles along with its own line of utilitarian mugs McCoy made a number of advertising and gift bugs.  One such mug for example, was made for Schering Pharmaceutical in the mid 1960's.  Schering gave them out as a gifts for customers and as give aways at various pharmaceutical conventions.  Known as "Coricidin Mugs" the order was originally given to Contemporary Ceramics. Given the large number ordered, Contemporary subcontracted to Nelson McCoy Pottery Co."
"Mugs from 1966 are much less common and feature the patron saints of Pharmacy and Medicine; Cosmas and Damien. "
"Pharmacists used to prepare pills and ointments themselves to be dispensed directly to patients. This could involve crushing various chemicals, herbs, or other ingredients with a mortar and pestle to release the medicinal properties and uniformly mix them. To this day the mortar and pestle symbol is used to indicate Pharmacies, though much of the work of preparing medicinal substances became pre-made in industrial factories after World War Two."
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