Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1996.036.049
- Creator:
- Whitall, Tatum Company
- Place of Origin:
- Millville, NJ
- Date:
- 1892-1898
- Description:
- Bottle, medicine, Tufts Co., Plymouth, NH. Rectangular bottle, sun-purpled glass, blown-in-mold, embossed lettering, "patent" or flat lip, molded and tooled. Front and sides flat with rounded edges, back rounded, curved top edge, sloping shoulders, air bubbles. Seam around bottom edge, rectangular depression in bottom, back edge rounded. Seams on back left and front right sides run diagonally across shoulders, fade out on neck. Front panel with curved top contains embossed lettering: "TUFTS CO. / PLYMOUTH / N. H.", ornate "T" over "" and over "CO" inside a circle to left side of lettering. Embossed on bottom: three stars with lettering underneath "A / U. S. A. / PAT.DEC 11. 1894".
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-6.688 W-2.5 D-1.563 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:
- Tufts
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