Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.245

Place of Origin:

Bordentown, NJ

Date:

1890-1900

Description:

Medicine bottle, Bunting Hankins, Pharmacist, Bordentown, NJ. Clear glass. Rectangular body with beveled corners, rounded shoulders, and cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "HANKINS' / SPECIFIC / FOR / RHEUMATISM, / GOUT and / LUMBAGO. / ... / PREPARED ONLY BY / BUNTING HANKINS, / PHARMACIST, / 143 Farnsworth Avenue, / BORDENTOWN, N.J. / PRICE $1.00. / Registered in U.S. Patent Office, 1884."; with directions. Embossed lettering on back: "HANKINS' / SPECIFIC / BORDENTOWN, N.J." Embossed lettering on right side: "FOR RHEUMATISM". Embossed lettering on left side: "GOUT AND LUMBAGO". Cork stopper with black wax seal, impressed "HANKINS". Bottle contains thick dark brown liquid residue in bottom.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-6.6 W-2.3 D-1.3 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, Medicines