Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1996.036.046
- Date:
- 1872-1913
- Description:
- Bottle, medicine, C. B. Littlefield's Cough Syrup, Manchester, NH. Oval bottle, pale green aqua glass, blown-in-mold, embossed lettering, "prescription" or flaring lip which has been molded and tooled. Front flat, back and sides rounded with rounded edges, sloping shoulders, air bubbles. Seam around bottom edge, shallow oval depression in bottom. Seams on sides run across shoulders, fade out on neck. Front panel with curved top contains embossed lettering: "C. B. LITTLEFIELD'S / CONSTITUTIONAL / COUGH SYRUP / MANCHESTER, N. H." Embossed numbers on bottom: "165".
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-4.5 W-2.25 D-1.125 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:
- Littlefield, Chauncey
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