Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1954.029.149
- Creator:
- Merchant, George W.
- Place of Origin:
- Lockport, NY
- Date:
- 1840-1860
- Description:
- Bottle. Green blown and molded glass; Vertical rectangular body with cylindrical neck and tapered lip. "G.W. MERCHANT / LOCKPORT / N.Y." embossed vertically on front. Vertical mold seam, rough pontil mark on bottom. Rectangular paper label with clipped corners handwritten: "-0-".Adhesive label with 2 lines printed all caps roman: "ALLEN / COLLECTION".
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-5.05 W-2.1 D-1.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Dr. George W. Merchant, apothecary, of Lockport, NY, manufactured and sold gargling oil from 1833 through 1853.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
- Subjects:
- Medicine
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