Sarsaparilla bottle

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Object Name:

Sarsaparilla bottle

Department

American

Place Made:

United States, probably NH, Lyndeborough

Date:

about 1880-1900

Color

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blue

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aqua

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Technique

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blow molding

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Material

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glass

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 22.3 cm; Base L: 7.7 cm, W: 4.9 cm

Accession Number:

52.4.211

Location:

Not on Display

Description

Sarsaparilla Bottle. Bluish aquamarine non-lead glass; blown in a full-size mold. Rectangular shape; with tooled rounded collar; two mold seams going down neck, diagonally across shoulders and down opposite corners; inscription in front "HOOD'S/COMPOUND/EXTRACT/SARSA/ PARILLA" on one side, "C.I.HOOD & CO." on the other "LOWELL MASS"; molded circular depression on base.

Inscription

HOOD'S/COMPOUND/EXTRACT/SARSA/ PARILLA

inscription

Pressed body, front

LOWELL MASS

inscription

Pressed body, side

C.I.HOOD & CO.

inscription

Pressed body, side

Publications (2)

Publications

Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) pl. 74; BIB# 22375

New England Glass and Glassmaking (1972) p. 177, fig. 141B; BIB# 27280

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