Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1996.036.022
- Creator:
- Whitall, Tatum Company
- Place of Origin:
- Millville, NJ
- Date:
- 1861-1900
- Description:
- Bottle, medicine, George F. Mallard, Druggist, Laconia, NH. Rectangular bottle, clear glass, blown-in-mold, embossed lettering, "prescription" or flared lip which has been molded and tooled. Back rounded, sides and front flat, rounded edges, sloping shoulders. Bottom with rectangular depression, back edge rounded, seam around top edge from cup mold. Seams on front right and back left sides run diagonally across shoulders, fade out on neck. Embossed lettering on front: ounce symbol (resembling a 3) followed by "iv", "DRUGGIST / LACONIA. N.H." in a circle around a mortar and pestle, "GEO. F. MALLARD" underneath. On bottom: three stars with "W.T. CO. / C / U.S.A." underneath.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-5.5 W-2 D-1.25 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:
- Mallard, George
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