Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1996.036.054
- Date:
- 1907-1924
- Description:
- bottle, medicine, Merrill's Pharmacy, West Stewartstown, NH. Rectangular bottle, clear glass, blown-in-mold, embossed lettering, "collared ring" or double lip which has been molded and tooled. All sides flat, front edges bevelled, back edges rounded. Seam around bottom edge. Seams on left front and back right sides run diagonally across shoulders, fade out on neck. Embossed lettering on front panel: "MERRILL'S PHARMACY / WEST STEWARTSTOWN, N.H." On left side of front panel: ounce symbol (resembling a 3) at top, 3 tic marks along side marking each half ounce, whole ounce labelled. On right side of front panel: 5 tic marks, every other one labelled from bottom to top: "20 / 40", "CC" at top edge.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-4.688 W-1.563 D-1.063 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, Lewis
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