Bottle, Apothecary
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Apothecary
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.093
- Date:
- circa 1940
- Description:
- Bottle and screw top. Brown pressed glass; rectangle body with rounded corners, short curved shoulders. Cylindrical, threaded neck. Screw top: plastic, threaded interior; paper/plastic circle piece inside top. "500 / 5 / 3 5" embossed on bottom of jar; mortar and pestle embossed on bottom of jar. Rectangle paper label adhered to front of jar: "FROM / KNOX PHARMACY / PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS / FARMINGTON, N.H." printed black ink top; mortar and pestle top left; "For" printed in script, black ink left; "CONTENTS: MERCHANDISE / Postmaster: This parcel may be opened for postal inspection if necessary. / RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED" printed bottom; "TAN-SOL / Salicylic Acid 5% / Tannic Acid 5% / Alcohol 70% qs / Dr Douglas" black ink stamped; "175 / 225 / 375" written in blue ink; some numbers written in green ink; some numbers written in green and blue ink have been crossed out.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-8 W-2.2 D-3.2 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Wilfred B. Osgood pharmacy collection, consisting of the contents of the Knox Pharmacy and Roberts Rexall Store (a.k.a. Osgood's Pharmacy) in Farmington, N.H.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood
- People:
- Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)
- Subjects:
- Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Mortar and pestle
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