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Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:
Bottle, Medicine
Object ID:
1996.036.024
Date:
1899-1904
Description:
Bottle, medicine, Plummer Thompson, Druggists, Lakeport, NH. Rectangular bottle, clear glass, blown-in-mold, embossed lettering, "patent" or flat lip which has been molded and tooled. All sides flat, bevelled edges, air bubbles. Bottom with rectangular depression with bevelled edges, seam around bottom edge from cup mold, adhesive remnants in center of bottom. Seams on front right and back left sides run diagonally across shoulders, fade out on neck. Embossed lettering on front: "PLUMMER THOMPSON" arranged in an arch with a stylized fleur-de-lis underneath, "DRUGGISTS" across middle of bottle over ornate initials P and T, "LAKEPORT / N.H." at bottom.
Material:
Glass
Dimensions:
H-6.75 W-2.375 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
Subjects:
Medicine, Bottles
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