Bottle, Apothecary

Object Name:

Bottle, Apothecary

Object ID:

1992.063.100

Date:

circa 1910

Description:

Bottle. Brown pressed glass with mold seam. Cylindrical body with short curved shoulders; Cylindrical neck with flat lip. Paper label adhered to front: "ELIXIR / Cardiac Stimulant / (Elixir Digitalis and Strophanthus Comp.) / ALCOHOL, 20 PER CENT / Each fluidounce represents: / Tincture of Digitalis. . . 30 minims / Tincture of Strophanthus. . 10 minims / Tincture of Cactus Grandiflorus, 20 minims / Strychnine Nitrate. . . 1-8 grain / Nitroglycerin. . . . 1-25 grain / DOSE.- 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls (4 to 8 mils) / three or four times daily; in urgent / cases every two or three hours. / 23126 / H.K. MULFORD CO. / CHEMISTS / PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A." printed black ink; "16 FLD. OZS." stamped top black ink; "455398A" stamped top black ink. Paper label adhered to back: "H.K. MULFORD COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA / PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORIES / 55715" printed black ink; laboratory building with clouds, cars and people; thin black border; Mulford seal top right: "MULFORD / LABORATORIES" printed black in top, bottom, "FOR THE / CONSERVATION / OF / LIFE" printed on abstracted medicine jar. "5" embossed on bottom.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-7.3 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, Laboratories, Clouds, People, Cars