Bottle, Milk
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Milk
- Object ID:
- 2004.061
- Creator:
- Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Toledo, OH
- Date:
- 1954-1968
- Description:
- Bottle, milk. Clear, amber glass. Square body with tapered neck. One quart. Orange pyroglazed lettering on one side: "Witherell's / DAIRY / ROCHESTER, N. H." Yellow pyroglazed lettering on opposite side: "THIS / PRODUCT / BOTTLED / IN / AMBER / GLASS / FOR LIGHT, / FLAVOR AND / QUALITY / PROTECTION". Embossed lettering around base: "ONE QUART / LIQUID / YHX 495 REG. / SEALED I[in oval] NU". Several areas of wear.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-8.5 W-3.25 D-3.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Witherell's Dairy was operated from 1939 to 1968 on Rochester Neck Road in Gonic by Harry Witherell and his son, Ralph "Pete" Witherell. They processed milk from area farms and delivered it to the Dover, Somersworth, Lee, Madbury, Durham, Barrington, and Rochester area.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Pete Witherell family
- People:
- Witherell, Harry, Witherell, Ralph
- Subjects:
- milk
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