Bottle, Apothecary
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Apothecary
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.265
- Creator:
- Walton, W. N.
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1862-1900
- Description:
- Apothecary bottle. Clear glass. Cylindrical body with round shoulders, cylindrical neck, and wide rim. Rectangular glass label on front, with truncated corners, set in recess, black lettering on gold: "TINCT. / RHEI ET ALOE". Wide flat-topped glass stopper. Embossed lettering on bottom: "PATD SEP 23 1862 W N WALTON". Paper label with pencil inscription adhered to bottom. Bottle contains opaque dark brown liquid, about 5/8 full; brown sediment at bottom.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-7.8 Dia-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, Apothecaries
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