Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1963.061
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Medicine Bottle - Aquamarine blown and molded glass.Vertical reticulated cello-shaped body with short, cylindrical neck and rounded lip. "BY / THE / KINGS / ROYALL / PATENT / GRANT / ED TO." embossed on front. Reverse: "ROBt / TURLI / NGTON / FOR HIS I / NVENTED / BALSOM / OF LIFE." Two vertical mold seams.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-2.65 W-1.4 D-0.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in wall of donor's home (file lists address in Weare, but card says Hopkinton).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles S. Vandyke
- People:
- Vandyke, Charles S., Turlington, Robert
- Subjects:
- Patent medicines
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