Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.273

Place of Origin:

Baltimore, MD

Date:

circa 1910

Description:

Medicine bottle, Sharp Dohme, Baltimore, MD. Amber glass. Rectangular body with beveled corners, round shoulders, and short cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "1000 / Tablet / Triturates / OF / IRON, ARSENIC / AND Strychnine / (I). / Iron, Reduced, 1 gr. / Acid, Arsen., 1-100 gr. / Strych. Sulph., 1-60 gr. / Prepared by / Sharp Dohme, / Manufacturing / Chemists, / BALTIMORE, MD." Printed paper label around neck: "These tablets should be / protected from light and / should be kept in well- / stoppered bottles." Amber glass stopper with wide, flat top. Embossed lettering on bottom of bottle: "S. D. / 6". Bottle contains round brown tablets, full.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-5.4 W-1.85 D-1.4 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