Opener, Bottle

Object Name:

Opener, Bottle

Object ID:

1992.063.497

Creator:

Brown Manufacturing Company

Place of Origin:

Newport News, VA

Date:

circa 1945

Description:

Bottle opener (cap remover) in original box, Brown Manufacturing Company, Newport News, VA. Cast metal bottle cap remover, for mounting on wall. Embossed orange lettering on front: "Orange- / Crush / CARBONATED BEVERAGE"; and impressed text, "T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." Impressed text on base plate: "STARR 'X' / PATENT 2333088 / BROWN CO. N. NEWS, VA". Impressed text on back: "40 / MADE / IN / U.S.A." With one wood screw for mounting. Patented 1942.

In rectangular tan paperboard box. Printed in red and black on front and back: "The STARR 'X' / Stationary / Bottle Opener / Patented / in / U.S.A. / and / Foreign / Countries / Guaranteed / Not to Chip / Bottles / Manufactured / Exclusively by / BROWN MFG. CO. / Newport News, Va."; with image of a bottle opener. Additional product information printed on sides.

Material:

Metal
Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.25 W-2.75 D-1.1 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, Soft drinks, Soda industry