Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1996.036.013
- Date:
- 1870-1890
- Description:
- Bottle, patent medicine, Shaker Valerian Extract, Enfield, NH. Square bottle, light green aqua glass, blown-in-mold, embossed lettering, "patent" or flat lip which has been applied and tooled. Front and back flat with semi-circular top edge. Sides have rectangular depression with semi-circular top, sloping shoulders, many air bubbles. Seam around bottom edge, circular depression in bottom. Seams on opposite back and front sides run diagonally across shoulders, up neck, end at lip. Embossed lettering on sides: "SHAKER / FLUID" and "EXTRACT / VALERIAN".
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-3.5 W-1.3 D-1.2 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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