Bottle
- Object Name:
- Bottle
- Object ID:
- 1954.029.091.1
- Place of Origin:
- Nashville, TN
- Date:
- 1840-1850
- Description:
- Bottle. Aquamarine, blown and molded glass half pint size. Flattened cylindrical body with long cylindrical neck , flat collar, and rounded lip. Vertical rectangular paper label adhered to front: "CLEMENS' / INDIAN TONIC / Infallible Cure for AGUE AND FEVER. / Prepared and sold, wholesale & retail by GEO. W / House, Nashville, Ten. Price, $1 per bottle. / DIRECTIONS ....................". "GEO W. HOUSE" signed in ink at bottom. Reverse: embossed figure of a Native American with "INDIAN / CLEMENS' TONIC / Prepared by / GEO. W. HOUSE " Vertical mold seams; rough pontil mark on bottom; waxed cork in top.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-5.7 W-2.4 D-1.6 inches
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
- Subjects:
- Glass blowing, Glass working, Medicine, Patent medicines
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