Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1996.036.016
- Creator:
- Whitall Tatum Company
- Place of Origin:
- Millville, NJ
- Date:
- 1901-1917
- Description:
- Medicine Bottle. L. B. Downing, Pharmacist, Hanover, NH. Rectangular bottle, clear glass, blown-in-mold, embossed lettering, "patent" or flat lip which has been molded and tooled. All sides flat with bevelled edges, slightly sloping shoulders. Seam around bottom edge, rectangular depression in bottom with bevelled edges. Seams on front right, and back left sides run diagonally across shoulders, fade out on neck. Embossed lettering on front: "L. B. DOWNING / PHARMACIST / HANOVER, N. H.", mortar and pestle in center over a shield with intertwined initials L, B and D. Embossed lettering on bottom: "W. T. CO. / F / U. S. A."
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-6 W-2.625 D-1.625 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:
- Downing, Lucien B. (1838-1917)
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