Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.248

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Cosmetic bottle, Colgate Company, New York, NY. Clear glass. Rectangular body with cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "COLGATE CO'S / COSMETIC / GLYCERINE LOTION / for improving / THE COMPLEXION / Invaluable for softening / the Skin, Curing Sunburn, / Chapped Hands etc. / COLGATE CO. PERFUMERS / New York." Guarantee printed on paper label around neck. Embossed lettering on back: "COLGATE CO / PERFUMERS / NEW YORK". Directions printed on paper label on back, bottom. Cork stopper with metal cap with finial. Bottle contains clear liquid, slightly yellow, about 1/3 full.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-7 W-2.3 D-1.6 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, Cosmetics soap