Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.358

Place of Origin:

Newark, NJ

Date:

1910-1920

Description:

Medicine bottle in original box, W. A. Rigney Company, Newark, NJ.

A. Bottle. Clear glass. Rectangular body with beveled corners, rounded shoulders, recessed panel on back, and long cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front, black text with orange and black border: "BON-TONE / TONIC / CONTAINS 18% ALCOHOL / BON-TONE / REG US PAT OFF / NET CONTENTS 8 FLD OZ. / [ingredients and directions] / Distributed by / W. A. RIGNEY CO., Inc. / Newark, N J / PRICE $1.25". Metal screw cap. Embossed "5" on bottom of bottle. Bottle contains brown liquid, full to shoulders.

B. Orange cardboard box with green borders, 9.7" high x 3.25" wide x 2.1" deep. Printed in black on front and back, same text as on bottle. Printed on sides: "BON-TONE / REG. U. S. PAT. OFF." Directions printed on top flap. Corrugated cardboard liner.

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-8.7 W-2.8 D-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