Medicine bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. ( 10.8 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Olive green nonlead glass medicine bottle blown in a mold with flared lip, cylindrical neck, circular body, and pontil mark on base.
Object Number:
Z.636c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25918
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 10.8 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Olive green nonlead glass medicine bottle blown in a mold with flared lip, cylindrical neck, circular body, and pontil mark on base.
Object Number:
Z.636b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25917
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, cork, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 11.4 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine nonlead glass medicine bottle blown in a mold with flared lip, tapered neck, circular body, and ground-down pontil mark; pasted on front of bottle, paper label with illegible inscription written in ink; heavily discolored with brown residue; cork wedged in mouth of bottle.
Object Number:
Z.634
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25916
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine bottle
Classification:
Date:
1830-1870
Medium:
Glass, cork, paper, wax
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. ( 14.3 x 6.4 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine nonlead glass medicine bottle blown in a three-part mold, in original wrapper with printed inscription, with flanged lip, tapered neck, rounded shoulder, ovoid body, and pontil mark; pasted to front of bottle, paper label printed in black, with inscription beginning "CLEMENS' INDIAN TONIC"; on back, pressed inscription to left of abstract figure of Indian reading "INDIAN CLEMENS' TONIC PREPARED BY GEO. W. HOUSE"; cork wedged in mouth of bottle, covered in sealing wax; body of bottle heavily discolored, amber and brown.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.423
Marks:
signed: in ink at bottom of label affixed to bottle: "Geo W House"
printed: on label affixed to bottle: "CLEMENS'/INDIAN TONIC/Infallible cure for AGUE AND FEVER./Prepared and sold, wholesale & retail, by GEO. W./HOUSE, Nashville, Ten. [pointing finger]P
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25908
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apothecary bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 3 1/4 in. ( 25.4 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Opaque white blown glass apothecary bottle with flanged lip, short neck, sloped shoulder, cylindrical body with paper label attached, and pontil mark; flat oblong head stopper made of opaque white glass.
Object Number:
Z.667
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper label affixed to body: "Tinct. Cimicifug."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25879
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apothecary bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 21.9 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Opaque white blown glass apothecary bottle with flanged lip, wide neck, narrow sloped shoulder, cylindrical body with fragment of paper label, and pontil mark; flat oblong head stopper made of opaque white glass.
Object Number:
Z.675
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper label affixed to obverse: " . . . chloras."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25875
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, paper, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 17.8 x 6 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless nonlead glass medicine bottle blown in a three-part mold with down-tooled lip, cylindrical neck, rounded shoulder, rectangular body with flat chamfers, and diagonal mold seam and pontil mark on base; recessed panels on sides, front, and back; bottle covered in paper wrapping printed in black with illustration of woman next to plow and pile of flowers, with an anchor at center, above inscription beginning "ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM"; cork in mouth of bottle.
Object Number:
Z.688
Marks:
printed: on paper wrapping around bottle: "ALLEN'S/LUNG/BALSAM/For the Cure of all Affections/of the Lungs, Throat, & Chest/such as Consumption, Colds,/Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis/Croup Whooping Cough Pain/or Oppression of the Chest/Hoarseness.Spilling of
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25874
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apothecary bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Opaque white blown glass apothecary bottle with flanged lip, short neck, nearly horizontal shoulder, cylindrical body with paper label attached, and pontil mark; flat oblong head stopper made of opaque white glass.
Object Number:
Z.678
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to body: "E. S. LEADBEATER & SONS / ESTABLISHED / 1792 / WHOLESALE / DRUGGISTS / ALEXANDRIA, VA"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25873
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vinaigre de Toilette
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass, paper, ceramic, metal, string
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. ( 17.1 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass bottle blown in a two-part mold with separate base plate; cylindrical neck, scoop shoulder, cylindrical body with paper label attached, and circular depression in base; ceramic stopper with circular metal tag attached with string.
Object Number:
Z.607
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to obverse: "Societe Hygienique / VINAIGRE DE TOILETTE / Cosmetique et Sanitaire / . . . / ENTREPOT GENERAL / A Paris, rue de Rivoli, 55"
printed paper stamp: affixed to side: "SOCIETE HYGIENIQUE / MARQUE DEPOSE / PARIS, FRAN
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25870
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine bottle
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass, lithium carbonate, paper, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 15.9 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Blue glass medicine bottle containing lithium carbonate; blown in a two-part mold with separate base plate; wide flat collar, cylindrical neck, rounded shoulder, cylindrical body with paper label attached, and "H. K. MULFORD CO. PHILADELPIA" in relief in base; cork stopper.
Object Number:
Z.606
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to obverse: "GRANULAR / EFFERVESCENT / Lithium and Potas- / sium Carbonate / (ALKALINE NEUTRALIZING SALT) / Each dessertspoonful represents 5 grains of / Lithium Carbonate, 20 grains of the com- / bined Sodium and Potassium Bi
Gallery Label:
At the turn of the twentieth century, the American drug trade was almost wholly unregulated. This "patent medicine" may have been intended to treat complaints ranging from gout to mania. It contained a mixture of baking soda, caffeine, and lithium, which is toxic in large doses. Such bottles are frequently found in urban archaeological excavations.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25869
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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