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Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:
Bottle, Medicine
Object ID:
1992.063.313
Place of Origin:
St. Louis, MO
Date:
circa 1910
Description:
Medicine bottle, Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis, MO. Amber glass. Cylindrical body and cylindrical neck. Two printed paper labels on front: "METALLIC TIN, 1 lb. / (GRANULAR.) / MALLINCKRODT / CHEMICAL WORKS. / ST. LOUIS NEW YORK." "1/4" is printed in blue over "1". Mouth sealed with silver foil, embossed "MALLINCKRODT CHEMICAL WORKS / ST. LOUIS / NEW YORK". Bottom of bottle embossed "M.C.W. / T. 6 OZ." Bottle contains large, irregular pieces of silvery metal, almost full.
Material:
Glass
Dimensions:
H-5.2 Dia-2.25 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
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