Bottle, Milk
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Milk
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.124
- Creator:
- Thatcher Manufacturing Company
- Place of Origin:
- Elmira, NY
- Date:
- circa 1923
- Description:
- Milk bottle. One quart. Clear colorless pressed glass with mold seam; square body with rounded corners; long sloping shoulders; long cylindrical neck with flat lip. Red pyroglazed lettering: "WINSOR / BROOK / DAIRY / FARMINGTON, N.H." on front; "W" in circle in center. "QUALITY / Hy / CREST / PRODUCTS" on back with double lined border around text; "LOCAL / MILK / PRODUCED / / DELIVERED / TO THOSE MOST / INTERESTED / IN / QUALITY". "SEALED MTC S" embossed on front bottom; "ONE QUART" embossed on right side bottom; "LIQ.-X 716" embossed on back bottom; "1 REG." embossed on left side bottom. "II / E 57" embossed on bottom of bottle.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-9.5 W-3.4 D-3.4 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, Dairy products, Milk industry
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