Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1996.036.036
- Date:
- 1893-1902
- Description:
- Bottle, medicine, W. H. Merrill, Pharmacist, Lisbon, NH. Rectangular bottle, clear glass, blown-in-mold, embossed lettering, "prescription" or flared lip which has been molded and tooled. Front flat, back and sides rounded with rounded edges, sloping shoulders, air bubbles, seam around top edge. Bottom with rectangular depression, with raised lines radiating out from the center, seam around top edge from cup mold. Seams on front left and back right sides run diagonally across shoulders, fade out on neck. Embossed panel on front with straight vertical and bottom edges, curved top edge. Number "2" above panel. Lettering within panel: "W. H. MERRILL / PHARMACIST / LISBON, N. H." Number "5" in center of bottom.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-4.375 W-1.75 D-1 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:
- Merrill, William
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