Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1996.036.026
- Date:
- 1883-1902
- Description:
- Bottle, medicine, Charles F. Colby, Lancaster, NH. Rectangular bottle, clear glass, blown-in-mold, embossed lettering, "prescription" or flared lip which has been molded and tooled. All sides flat with rounded edges, air bubbles. Bottom with rectangular depression, seam around bottom edge from cup mold. Seams on front left and black right sides run diagonally across shoulders, fade out on neck. Embossed lettering on front inside a circle: "CHAS. F. COLBY / LANCASTER / N.H.", Lancaster arranged in an arch with design below consisting of a dot in the center with elongated triangles radiating out in cardinal directions.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-5.375 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:
- Colby, Charles
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