Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.217

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1910

Description:

Medicine bottle, Joseph Burnett Company, Boston, MA. Clear glass. Rectangular body with beveled corners, round shoulders, and long cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "BURNETT'S / KALLISTON / CONTAINS 11% ALCOHOL / For / IMPROVING / and / BEAUTIFYING / the / Complexion / GUARANTEED UNDER THE FOOD DRUGS ACT, / JUNE 30, 1906, / SERIAL NO. 91." Embossed lettering on left side, "BURNETT"; and on right side, "BOSTON". Cork stopper, covered with brown paper sealed with string. Bottle contains clear liquid, almost full.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-7.5 W-3 D-1.5 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