Bottle, Apothecary
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Apothecary
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.097
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Bottle and stopper. Clear pressed glass with mold seam; cylindrical body with short curved shoulders. Short cylindrical neck with flat lip. Octagonal shaped recess front. Stopper: cylindrical frosted base with tapered neck and circular top, mold seam. "WN WALTON PATD SEP 23 1862" embossed on bottom of jar. Paper label adhered to front of jar in recess: "TINCTURE OF / W.W. ROBERTS, Druggist / Odd Fellows Block, Farmington, N.H." printed black ink; "Styosciyamin"(?) written in ink center. Paper label adhered to bottom of jar: "E T 1b / L / 203"(?) written in pencil, octagonal paper with double red line border.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-7.8 Dia-3 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
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