Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1996.036.006
- Date:
- 1880-1919
- Description:
- Bottle, patent medicine, Shaker Syrup, Canterbury, NH. Rectangular bottle, light blue aqua glass, blown-in-mold, embossed lettering, "oil" or tapered collar lip which has been molded and tooled. Bottom with circular depression from post mold. Back and front flat with beveled side edges, sloping shoulders. Seams on front left edge and back right edge run diagonally across shoulders and base, up neck and fade out just under lip. Embossed lettering in depressions on sides of bottle. One side: "CANTERBURY N H. / U. S. A.", the other side: "NO 1 / SHAKER SYRUP". Air bubbles visible, chip in base.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-7.75 W-2.625 D-1.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Collection of bottles that the donor obtained by digging or purchasing either "outright" or at auction.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Robert C. Morey
- People:
- Shakers
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