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Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:
Bottle, Medicine
Object ID:
1996.036.031
Creator:
Whitall, Tatum Company
Place of Origin:
Millville, NJ
Date:
1912-1920
Description:
Bottle, medicine, McNeill's Drug Store, Lebanon, 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, air bubbles. Bottom with rectangular depression, back edge rounded, seam around top edge from cup mold. Seams on sides run across shoulders, fade out on neck. Decorative seams closer to front edge run up sides and across shoulders in a semicircle, also decorative seams topped by semicircle on front. Embossed lettering on front: ounce symbol (resembling a 3) followed by "viii", another semicircular seam with "MCNEILL'S DRUG STORE / LEBANON, N.H." underneath. On bottom: "W.T. CO. / M / U.S.A."
Material:
Glass
Dimensions:
H-6.875 W-2.313 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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