the Anodyne Necklace

Names

  • Dr. Chamberlen's Anodyne Necklace
  • the Anodyne Necklace

Street/Area/District

  • Strand

Descriptions

from London Signs, by Bryant Lillywhite (1972)

2414 Anodyne Necklace without Temple Bar, Strand 1718–26. The sign derives from the Anodyne Necklace, a notorious quack remedy popular in the eighteenth century purported to soothe teething symptoms.

Publications associated with this place

  • The late dreadful plague in France, compared with that ... in London, ... 1665. ... In two parts. London : given gratis at the sign of the Anodyne necklace. At Mr Greg's. And at Mrs Garway's, 1722. ESTC No. T229991. Grub Street ID 249792.
  • Of the crime of Onan (together with that of his brother Er, punished with sudden death Gen. 38. 10.) Or, the hainous vice of self-defilement, with all its dismal consequences, stated and examined ... Vol.I. [Lo]ndon: printed by H. Parker. [And] to be had only up one pair of stairs, at the [sign of Dr. Cha]mberlen's Anodyne Necklace, [1724?]. ESTC No. T119221. Grub Street ID 170645.
  • Eronania on the crimes of those two unhappy brothers Er and Onan, Judah's two sons, who for defileing their nuptial bed, and frustrating the end of marriage, were punished with immediated death. Gen. 38.7.10. Or the hainous vice of self-defilement, with all its dismal consequences considered. London : printed by H. Parker. 1724. And to be had up one pair of stairs, at the sign of Dr. Chamberlen's Anodyne Necklace. And of Robert Bradshaw, 1724. ESTC No. T119219. Grub Street ID 170642.