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Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:
Bottle, Medicine
Object ID:
1996.036.051
Creator:
Whitall, Tatum Company
Place of Origin:
Millville, NJ
Date:
1870-1895
Description:
Bottle, medicine, Osborne Medical Co., Tilton, NH. Rectangular bottle, blue aqua glass, blown-in-mold, embossed lettering, "patent" or flat lip which has been molded and tooled. Sides have deep rectangular depression, front has deep rectangular depression with curved top edge, sloping shoulders, bevelled edges, air bubbles. Seam around bottom edge. Seams front left and back right sides run diagonally across shoulders, fade out on neck. Embossed lettering on front: "THE OSBORNE MEDICAL CO. / TILTON, N.H." Embossed on bottom: "W. T. CO. / I / U. S. A."
Material:
Glass
Dimensions:
H-5.125 W-1.938 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:
Osborne
Subjects:
Medicine, Bottles
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