Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Historical Artifacts
Apothecary bottle with stopper
Object Number:
Z.665ab
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, paper, gilding, paint
Dimensions:
with stopper: 10 x 3 1/4 in. ( 25.4 x 8.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: on circular paper label affixed to bottle: "E.S. Leadbeater & Sons,/Wholesale Druggists,/S. Fairfax St., Alexandria, Va."
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass apothecary bottle with narrow mouth, short cylindrical neck, circular body with straight sides, pushup, and pressed lead glass stopper; circular paper label pasted to bottle, with inscription "E.S. Leadbeater & Sons, Wholesale Druggists, S. Fairfax St., Alexandria, Va."; on other side of bottle, fragment of glass label with gilding.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
