Medicine bottle

Object Name:

Medicine bottle

Department

American

Place Made:

probably Eastern United States

Date:

about 1880-1920

Color

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purple

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Technique

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glassblowing

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machine-made

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Material

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glass

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 8.8 cm, W: 4.4 cm, D: 3.1 cm

Accession Number:

52.4.244

Location:

Not on Display

Description

Medicine Bottle. Purple non-lead glass; blown in semi-automatic machinery. Oval shape with molded lip, two vertical mold marks running down short neck from just below lip across flat shoulder and down ends of bottle to flat oval base; inscription on one side runs vertically: "JOHN WYETH & BRO./PHILA".

Inscription

JOHN WYETH & BRO./PHILA

inscription

Pressed body, side

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