Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.323
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1910-1920
- Description:
- Medicine bottle, Merck Company, New York, NY. Clear glass. Long cylindrical body and short cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on upper front: "1/4 lb. 0252 / POTASSIUM HYDRATE MERCK / (CAUSTIC POTASH) / Purified - Sticks / Merck Co. New York. / E. Merck, Darmstadt / Germany". Separate guaranty label on lower front. "K" embossed on bottom of bottle. Brown paper cover over mouth, sealed with thread and black wax; wax embossed "MERCK Co. / NEW YORK".Bottle contains long white sticks, each 0.4" diameter, full.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-6.4 Dia-1.5 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, Chemicals
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