Box

Object Name:

Box

Object ID:

1992.063.499

Date:

1885-1900

Description:

Bottle container in the form of a book. Vertical rectangular paperboard box with brown faux leather covering and marbled edges. Spine printed in gold, "Great Expectations / DICKENS. / NEW EDITION.", and embossed "PAT'D NOV. 17, 1885." Box contains glass bottle with metal screw cap. Bottle can be pushed up from hole in bottom of box, so neck extends through hole at top of box. Hole at top is covered by two hinged panels. Hole at bottom is covered by a plug adhered to bottom of bottle. Top of bottle cap stamped with monogram "IFCo"(?) and "PAT'D MARCH 30. 58. / EXT'D MARCH 30. 72."

Material:

Paper
Glass
Metal

Dimensions:

H-7 W-4.3 D-1.8 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), Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Alcoholic beverages