Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.216

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Medicine bottle, Brush Chemical Company, Boston, MA. Amber glass. Rectangular body with beveled corners and cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "ELIXIR / PROPHYLACTIC / BRUSH'S / REMEDY for / SEASICKNESS. / PREPARED BY / The Brush Chemical Co. / BOSTON, MASS. / PRICE, 50 CENTS."; with directions and image of a sailing ship. Embossed lettering on back, "REMEDY / FOR / SEA / SICKNESS"; on left side, "BRUSH'S"; and on right side, "ELIXIR / PROPHYLACTIC". Cork stopper. Contents dried up, now a white crystalline coating on glass.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-4.8 W-1.8 D-1 inches

Provenance:

Part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection also includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to NHHS library (1992-068.)

Credit Line:

Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Sailing ships, Seasickness